10 Upcoming Video Game Movies That Could Actually Be Amazing

It’s a sad state of affairs for the gaming world when Resident Evil is possibly the best video game movie ever. Or maybe Prince Of Persia, or Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. These are all mediocre titles at best, which is hard to fathom considering the hundreds of video games that exist with incredible stories, lush worlds, and cinematic potential.

It seems like a new age in Hollywood, though, and all of a sudden, a whole lot of video game movies are entering into development with a lot of talented actors and directors becoming attached. Many of these will be bad, and many will likely never even get made, but a select few could truly result in groundbreaking films that will have audiences questioning why they haven’t been able to adapt games properly until now.

We’re not yet at the day when Gareth Evans is directing Mortal Kombat, or Steven Spielberg is making Mass Effect, but some of these projects are still extremely exciting.

In that vein, these films are more than just rumours and hopes, they’re ones that are already being made or are at the very least, likely to be released within the next five years. And shockingly, it seems that they might even be good films in their own right.

And sorry Metal Gear Solid fans, but we’re still not buying that a movie is happening yet.

The Story: Re-creating the famous ‘Inferno’ story from The Divine Comedy, the game follows Dante, re-imagined as a templar knight, as he fights his way through the nine circles of hell on a mission to rescue his lover’s soul from Lucifer.

Why It Could Be Amazing: You did just read what the game’s plot was, right? It takes an incredibly famous work and gives it a bonkers turn, splicing in all sorts of grotesque monsters and graphic horrors to fight. The material is super interesting and the subject matter is uniquely out-there.

On top of the story, Evil Dead director Fede Alvarez has been brought on to direct the film. He’s still fairly unproven, but Evil Dead was well-received and it was a very similar movie to what this could be: a grotesque walk through Hell itself.

It’s likely that with Alvarez at the helm, the horror imagery will work out, so this adaptation will probably live or die on the strength of its characters, and the emotional journey that Dante goes through amidst all of this killing. And if that’s all it takes to succeed, there’s a definite chance for Dante’s Inferno to work.