I hope they don't ruin it by making a crap film
I still reckon a TV mini series in a documentary style would be the best way to bring it to screen.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:19, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

yes
like Series 7, although that was more reality TV
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:20, Reply)

I saw that when it came out
I can't remember what it was like now.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:22, Reply)

it was very cool
made like a TV series back to back. A game where people had to kill all the other participants, like Assassin (if you've played that) only real
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:24, Reply)

I absolutely agree with this
They are making a film but I can see it descending into a by-the-numbers zombie film, because obviously we need another one of them. No studio will make a film without a central character and strong plot thrust.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:20, Reply)

+ Brad Pitt

( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:22, Reply)

www.imdb.com/name/nm0286975/news#ni11039947
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:25, Reply)

I knew his Plan B company were behind it
Al's right, it needs to be filmed as it was written, or it loses what made it great in the first place.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:29, Reply)

The whole thing with the interview with the guy who turns out to be Paul Redeker
wouldn't work if you knew it was a mental asylum.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:33, Reply)

clever camera work could make that happen

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:34, Reply)

The only bits I can see working in the way the studio would want them to
would be the Battle of Yonkers and possibly the two Japanese guys. Everything else will require time and depth to flesh out. Not doable in a two-hour film.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:41, Reply)

The bit with the latino pilot (who is clearly going to be played by Michelle Rodriguez)
would also work as a film.

In fact the Japanese guys and the pilot one would actually work better as a film, otherwise they would end up being "re-enactment" style shots. But with Yonkers you could do it documentary style as the whole point was that it all got filmed with head set cameras as well as the media.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:50, Reply)

I would fucking love that
but I reckon they'll end up mounting it as a huge pitched battle with millions of Zack, shock and awe in reverse style
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:52, Reply)