Doom (movie)
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Doom is a 2005 film based on the Doom series of games produced by id Software. The film is currently in post-production and is due to be finished in October 2005. A movie based on the series had been widely expected since the first game's original release in 1993. In 2002 it was reported that Warner Brothers acquired live action movie rights to Doom from iD Software. In 1994 or 1995, id Software sold Doom movie rights to a movie studio, but the rights expired because the movie studio apparently was untimely in getting the movie into production.
According to Universal Pictures, a teaser site with a trailer for the Doom movie will launch on June 24th at www.doommovie.com. The official release date for the Doom movie is October 21st.
Plot
Exact details of the plot are not yet known, but it is rumoured to be as follows:
In the year 2145, a squad of marines are sent to an un-named planet, where they learn that monsters of unknown origin are killing off the population there.
Production History
- November 27th, 2003, Computer Gaming World printed an article on their website regarding the Doom movie [1] (http://www.computergaming.com/article2/0,4364,1398907,00.asp). It states that Warner Brothers is indeed working on the Doom movie and has placed it on the fast track. A revised script was submitted to id Software and approved; John Wells (producer of ER) and Lorenzo Bonaventura (who introduced The Matrix to Warner Brothers) have signed on to work on the Doom movie. Concept art and storyboards have been drawn by Federico D'Alessandro, who has worked on various movies, music videos, and video game covers and advertisements.
- May 15th, 2004, the AP (Associated Press) released a news article regarding video game to movie adaptations that can be found here: Hollywood Interest in Video Games Grows (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040516/ap_on_hi_te/games_and_hollywood&e=1) that mentions the Doom movie. Here's an excerpt that mentions the Doom movie: "Soon, more blockbuster game franchises, such as "Halo" and "Doom," are expected to become the basis of movies."
- June 2nd, 2004, Variety (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040603/va_mi/di_bonaventura_2) reported that Warner Brothers has lost the rights to the Doom movie and Universal Studios has acquired rights to the Doom movie and Variety confirms that the Doom movie will be based on Doom 3.
- June 4th, 2004, IMDb Pro (http://pro.imdb.com/news/hwr/2004-06-04/film/7) reported that Warner Brothers has lost the rights to the Doom movie and that Universal Studios has picked up the rights also that Enda McCallion has been signed on as the director.
- August 9, 2004, A Doom 3 article in an issue of Time Magazine mentions that Universal is set to film the Doom movie in Prague in the winter of 2004-2005.
- August 15th, 2004, The Hollywood Reporter reported that John Wells Productions is currently in pre-production for the Doom movie.
- August 18th, 2004, a website, Box Office Prophets, made the Doom movie project their movie of the day and they list the release date for the Doom movie, August 5th, 2005. The article also confirms that Universal has Doom on a production schedule of Winter 2004-2005 in Prague. The article can be found here: Doom (http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=1649). The planned release date was mentioned as August 5th, 2005.
- August 10th, 2004, The Hollywood Reporter released an article that mentioned release dates for 8 movies and the third movie listed was the Doom movie. It states that Doom will have a wide release on August 5th, 2005.
- September 15th, 2004, major news has been revealed by both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter on the Doom movie. Karl Urban has been casted for the Doom movie as the star, John Grimm, a leader of a special ops team, it has been revealed that the character of John Grimm that he will dealing with alien demons but also he will cross paths with the organization, the United Aerospace Corp. that is responsible for John Grimm's parents deaths. It's also been revealed that Enda McCallion has dropped out of the project and Polish director Andrzej Bartkowiak has signed on to be the director. It's also been revealed that production will start in Mid-October with a August 5th, 2005 release date, also that Universal Pictures is in talks with The Rock for him to have a role in the Doom movie.
- September 22nd 2004, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Universal Pictures has casted Rosamund Pike who will be a scientist named Samantha who is opposite of Karl Urban. Source: 'Doom's' day for Pike with Universal Pics (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000633884)