10 Upcoming Video Game Movies That Absolutely Nobody Asked For
2. Pac-Man
Everybody on the planet knows Pac-Man: you avoid ghosts, eat dots, and seek the legendary, slightly-bigger-than-usual dot. It doesnt make any sense, and it doesnt need to, the game functions perfectly fine as an abstract concept. But the franchise is far too juicy a cherry for the gaping maw of Hollywood to pass up. Unsurprisingly, the film rights were acquired as part of a $200 million deal in 2004. The plan was to create "a live-action fantasy adventure." When your characters are limited to a spherical glutton, flamboyant ghosts and at a stretch, fruit and dots, exactly which parts could possibly be live-action? Unsurprisingly, the movie plans collapsed in on themselves with an oowoowoowoo wip wip". But Namco Bandai put another quarter (or several billion) into the project, and to celebrate Pac-Man's 30th anniversary in 2010, the company detailed its plans for a TV series. The official description reeks of desperation. We dont know what happened to Pac-Mans parents. Hes the only yellow one in Pac-Land; what does that mean? Is it a social statement? Well find out. The only people who have ever stopped to think about Pac-Man's lineage and social standing are those being paid to fill twenty minutes a week of screen time. Have you ever wondered how our hero grew from a naive young Pac-Boy into a hardened, world-weary Pac-Man? The cartoon version of the character was meant to be relatable to teens, as he saves the world with his magic ability to pop pills and eat his problems away - valuable lessons for any teenager to be taught by a 30-year-old has-been who spent his golden years hanging out in dank arcades.
