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Variety

Ghost House Pictures has acquired the film rights to Japanese vidgame "Siren" from SCE Worldwide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment's worldwide game development studios for the PlayStation platforms.

Michael Gordon has been hired to write the screenplay. He'll work closely with "Siren" vidgame director Keiichiro Toyama.

Ghost House's Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce with Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and Doug Davison. Vertigo brought the project to Mandate Pictures prexy of motion pictures Nathan Kahane. Ted Adams of IDW and Rick Privman of JEA will exec produce.

Shooting is expected to begin this year.

"Siren" is a bestselling vidgame in Japan that has already spawned a soon-to-be-released sequel. The film version will focus on an American med school student searching for her missing sister in Japan. She begins her investigation in the remote mountain village of Hanuda, only to find herself trapped with an unspeakable evil that can no longer be contained.

Gordon wrote Warner Bros.' "300," based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. That film is currently shooting; Gerard Butler stars.

Upcoming pics for Ghost House include "The Grudge 2" and David Slade's "30 Days of Night," based on the comicbook by Steve Niles, both for Sony.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

The Grudge 2?

 

[Community Forum]

I don't understand all these videogame movies. Are people supposed to flock to the theaters just because its a videogame license? Siren wasn't exactly a huge hit was it? Its not like these games have such massively incredible storylines that the film producers HAVE to get the rights to the game to convert the awesome story into a film... what.

 

[the year 20XX]

I don't understand all these videogame movies. Are people supposed to flock to the theaters just because its a videogame license? Siren wasn't exactly a huge hit was it? Its not like these games have such massively incredible storylines that the film producers HAVE to get the rights to the game to convert the awesome story into a film... what.

Anything to avoid coming up with a new idea.

 

[RiZ III]

Atleast its not Boll.

 

[Snaku]

The main draw for me here is the writer is working directly with Keiichiro Toyama, the creator of Silent Hill. Both Silent Hill and Siren are insanely creepy, and if they nail the feel of this game like Cristophe Gans seems to have with his Silent Hill adaptation, these will be some of the scariest movies made in years.

 

[xaosslug]

I don't understand all these videogame movies. Are people supposed to flock to the theaters just because its a videogame license? Siren wasn't exactly a huge hit was it? Its not like these games have such massively incredible storylines that the film producers HAVE to get the rights to the game to convert the awesome story into a film... what.

Movies have been adapted to games for years, seems like a natural progression when creativity wanes. lol