Max Payne movie: New Trailer PG 6

Couscous

I haven't seen a thread about this and searched for it. Tell me if there is already one.
http://kotaku.com/366025/mila-kunis-joins-max-payne-cast

Twentieth Century Fox has set Mila Kunis to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in "Max Payne," the John Moore-directed action adaptation of the Rockstar videogame.

Kunis, best known for a long run on "That '70s Show" and voicing the androgynous teen Meg Griffin in "Family Guy," will play an assassin who teams up with the title character to avenge her sister's death. Wahlberg plays Payne, a cop haunted by the tragic loss of his family who finds himself in the thick of a conspiracy when he investigates a series of murders.

Beau Thorne scripted. Julie Silverman and Scott Faye are producers. Tom Karnowski is exec producer.

Kunis next stars alongside Jason Segel and Kristen Bell in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," which Universal releases April 18.

Well, there is one more video game movie to add to the list.

John Moore:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601382/

Sanders

This is actually a fake max payne movie
the real one was leaked back in 2003 found here.

(one can dream, right?)

Mgcw

Mila Kunis as Mona? Fucking serious? Jesus christ... From the guy who brought you The Omen (2006, not to disparage the original with Gregory Peck!) and Behind Enemy Lines comes the rape of a franchise that should have been impossible to fuck up.

Chance

To be honest I don't mind Wahlberg as Payne - he very naturally does the look of permanent constipation that marked Max Payne 1. However, apart from being a hottie of note and doing actually pretty decent voice work on Family Guy and Robot Chicken, I'm also of the mind that she simply doesn't have the look (or presence) to pull off stone-cold Mona Sax.

I never understood why Max Payne 2 for PC wasn't an incredi-hit. The graphics were spectacular and the action was phenomenal. If they manage to be intelligent about including bullet time, and actually have Max popping painkillers the whole way through the movie, it may not be too shabby*.



It'll probably suck. But I want it to be awesome, and so do you!

Mgcw

Yes, I want it to be awesome. I've always wanted it to be awesome, it's just not going to BE awesome. I seriously don't see how they could have fucked this up, you can basically take the game AS IS and turn it into a movie but nooooooooooooooo...

Angry

behind enemy lines was a good action movie.

subedii

I'm not in the camp that expects much of game based movies.

Plus they're not really going to pull off anything more awesome than this anyway (link to hi-res).

Forar

Angry wrote: »

behind enemy lines was a good action movie.

I'll admit, I enjoyed it too.

That said, apparently this is (at least partly) being filmed up the street from where I work.

subedii

Forar wrote: »

Angry wrote: »

behind enemy lines was a good action movie.

I'll admit, I enjoyed it too.

That said, apparently this is (at least partly) being filmed up the street from where I work.

Let us know if you start experiencing sudden weird time dilation effects.

brynstar

I only need three things from this movie to be happy, honestly:

1. The Max Payne Theme Music

2. Plenty of Over-the-top film noir metaphors

3. Lots of Slow Motion

If it delivers all three, I'll be satisfied, and I'm a huge Max Payne fan. I'm secretly hoping for a third game that ties in with the movie. I'm really glad this movie is finally getting made, since after the very unfortunate performance of the second game, this may be my best shot at getting any new Max Payne content.

Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo

It'd be really hard to mess up a Max Payne movie

Slow motion action and lots of typical noir dialogue

C'mon, that's all it takes

Rivulent

I never liked Marky Mark.

Until I saw The Departed.

He'll probably do well in the role.

Preacher

Mila Kunis is a horrible mona, she's annoying not alluring and dangerous. It would be hard to pick a good mona. I'd say that Linda Hamilton circa t2 could pull it off, but she'd be a bit too hard ass not enough suave seductive killer. Sarah Clarke would be a good fit since she already kind of played the roll, she just doesn't have the big curves that mona did, but then again neither does Kunis.

Edd

This movie's tongue, I suspect, will be nowhere near its cheek.

If I'm right, it's not going to go well.

Sanders

Rivulent wrote: »

I never liked Marky Mark.

Until I saw The Departed.

He'll probably do well in the role.

He really has improved himself. Check out The Shooter.

Angry

shooter is great if you hate understanding what actors are saying.

SO MUCH MUMBLING ARGHSADGS ANNUNCIATE YOU FUCKS.

edit: oh and it's shooter, not the shooter.

Arikado

Painkillers all up ins

YardGnome

Clive Owen should have been Max.

Minus the accent.

The_Scarab

NEEDS MORE INTERNAL MONOLOGUES

DasUberEdward

I have a ton of faith in Marky Mark to pull this off right.

darleysam

Needs Sam Lake consulting heavily on any script or story ideas they have.

PieMan

I at least have high hopes for the indie max payne film they're making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZF2ApxX2eE&feature=related

randombattle

darleysam wrote: »

Needs Sam Lake consulting heavily on any script or story ideas they have.

Absolutely. Hell they should just get Sam Lake to be Max Payne.

slash000

Have you guys seen the photos from the set?

Cherrn

I see he's been working on his constipated look

It really shouldn't be that difficult to pull off a MP movie. All they need is some good dialogue, a halfway decent cinematographer, and a story that doesn't, like, involve aliens or something.

You all know how these things can turn out, though

Couscous

Cherrn wrote: »

I see he's been working on his constipated look

It really shouldn't be that difficult to pull off a MP movie. All they need is some good dialogue, a halfway decent cinematographer, and a story that doesn't, like, involve aliens or something.

You all know how these things can turn out, though

Why would they need good dialogue?

slash000

Agh, here's the other one:

It's a little more maxpayne-like:

Cherrn

titmouse wrote: »

Cherrn wrote: »

I see he's been working on his constipated look

It really shouldn't be that difficult to pull off a MP movie. All they need is some good dialogue, a halfway decent cinematographer, and a story that doesn't, like, involve aliens or something.

You all know how these things can turn out, though

Why would they need good dialogue?

Couscous

Cherrn wrote: »

titmouse wrote: »

Cherrn wrote: »

I see he's been working on his constipated look

It really shouldn't be that difficult to pull off a MP movie. All they need is some good dialogue, a halfway decent cinematographer, and a story that doesn't, like, involve aliens or something.

You all know how these things can turn out, though

Why would they need good dialogue?

That barrel is like a cold steel pole that you lick and get your tongue stuck on.

slash000

korodullin

I'm cautiously optimistic about this movie. My only gripe is the aforementioned Mila Kunis as Mona. She's just too damn short to pull it off. Everything else? I can dig it.

Vytae

Take shootemup: Get rid of the accent and have alot more over the top emo and noir dialouge. Keep the same ridiculous action.

Instant Flawless Victory.

Drez

This thread is weird because people seem to imply that either Mark Wahlberg is a bad actor or that most people assume he is.

I don't think I've ever disliked Mark Wahlberg in a role I've seen him play.

He was excellent in The Big Hit, he was the best in "The Departed" (fuck Damon and DiCapprio - same tired bullshit from them both - Wahlberg, on the other hand, was hilarious), Boogie Nights was fantastic, and so on.

This should be good.

Chance

Drez wrote: »

This thread is weird because people seem to imply that either Mark Wahlberg is a bad actor or that most people assume he is.

I don't think I've ever disliked Mark Wahlberg in a role I've seen him play.

He was excellent in The Big Hit, he was the best in "The Departed" (fuck Damon and DiCapprio - same tired bullshit from them both - Wahlberg, on the other hand, was hilarious), Boogie Nights was fantastic, and so on.

This should be good.

I think a great deal of the Wahlberg-whacking comes from the fact that he was Marky Mark of the Funky Bunch and subsequently an underwear model. No, it's not fair, but it's really really hard to overcome the stigma of being a musical talent who decides to be an actor.

And you're totally right about The Departed, he was absolutely hilarious.

Vytae

[PHP]And you're totally right about The Departed, he was absolutely hilarious.[/PHP]

QFT. That whole movie was fantastic. I love how he managed to keep a straight face when engaging in the equivalents of tourettes.

Dr.Funkenstein

Chance wrote: »

Drez wrote: »

This thread is weird because people seem to imply that either Mark Wahlberg is a bad actor or that most people assume he is.

I don't think I've ever disliked Mark Wahlberg in a role I've seen him play.

He was excellent in The Big Hit, he was the best in "The Departed" (fuck Damon and DiCapprio - same tired bullshit from them both - Wahlberg, on the other hand, was hilarious), Boogie Nights was fantastic, and so on.

This should be good.

I think a great deal of the Wahlberg-whacking comes from the fact that he was Marky Mark of the Funky Bunch and subsequently an underwear model. No, it's not fair, but it's really really hard to overcome the stigma of being a musical talent who decides to be an actor.

And you're totally right about The Departed, he was absolutely hilarious.

Those people are just jealous. They wish they were as awesome as him

Mgcw

I have no complaints with Wahlberg, I think he's a cool dude. The rest, however...

I really hope this is at least bad-good. I will be very pleasantly surprised if it's REAL good and keeps the overwrought dialogue, at least in part.

EDIT: Oh, another complaint, supposedly they are aiming for a PG-13 rating. the fuck? Even if that WAS Max Payne's demographic, that was 7 years ago.

Tiemler

Cherrn wrote: »

I see he's been working on his constipated look

He's got the dorky grin down in that last shot, the one we see on the happy-go-lucky Max Payne from the first couple "pages" in the game.

Must be a shock going from his delivery in The Departed to the overwrought metaphors of Remedy's fumbling attempt at film noir narration.

Filactair

" I had an icecream headache"

Taken out of context, some of the dialogue in Max Payne was pretty horrible... I have to admire the optimism that some of you have. You know, despite the fact that every movie made that was based on a video game failed miserably.

Tim James

Jeez, that was Wahlberg in The Departed? I guess I haven't seen him in anything in years so I wasn't paying attention. I'm sure he's a fine actor, but I thought that character was trying too hard for the guffaws. Broke the suspension of disbelief for me. I know it's a Scorsese film, but it just fell flat after a while.

I think most pretty-boy actors are underrated (DiCaprio, Pitt, etc.) but even though Matt Damon did well in the Bourne movies, I can't forgive him for the lameness in Saving Private Ryan.

Wait, what are we talking about? This post needs a link to a YouTube of a Max Payne fan film!

UnbreakableVow

Finally!

I bought this game day one (the PS2 version), and in the back of the instruction manual it says "Max Payne Movie is coming soon!"

Seven years later, I was starting to lose hope.