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Shrink 10-31-2006, 02:27 PM called Citizen Siege.
A press release: here (http://www.oddworldlibrary.net/oddblog/specials/citizen-siege-press-release.php).
Interview with Gamespot: here (http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6160661.html?sid=6160661&sid=6160661).
It was announced at GameCity in Nottingham, U.K.
Lorne Lanning: It takes place on near-future Earth, and it's highly relevant to current global social-political circumstances. We felt that this would be our opportunity to truly design a film and game of a property at the same time. Sort of what everyone's talking about doing, but we still don't really see it happening.
We see one or the other being conceived first and the latter to follow, regardless of which medium started it. And this concept--Citizen Siege--was conceived as game and movie, as a fully fleshed-out game design and a fully fleshed-out story concept for a motion picture at the same time.
-Got the news from Oddblog (http://www.oddworldlibrary.net/oddblog/).
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Trojan123
10-31-2006, 04:56 PM
Sounds like a project that I'l probably pass on. I avoid films that will ultimately contain an obvious political bias.
Chris
GS: Can you tell us anything more about the storyline or the characters? LL: I can tell you that it's a world gone slightly awry. In this near future, the world is governed by corporatism. And within this world, an expatriate returns home to find himself in a certain state where he has been legally repossessed due to credit rackets run by the corporatism-ruled world.
Sherry McKenna: A lot of CG animated films are about talking animals. We really wanted to show that the medium of computer graphics can be just another medium to tell a story. And so, what we're doing is it's not the world of Oddworld, it's the world of the near future. It's going to be something totally different to any of the other CG-animated films that you've seen to date. Doesn't seem to be about the current hot political topic if that's what you're scared of, more like a what-if movie.
If they manage to pull this off well I'll be looking forward to seeing this. God knows I'm getting tired of talking animal CG movies. For now I can only say good on them for trying something different.
Chris-TC
10-31-2006, 06:32 PM
If they manage to pull this off well I'll be looking forward to seeing this. God knows I'm getting tired of talking animal CG movies. For now I can only say good on them for trying something different.
I couldn't agree more, exactly my thoughts.
ChrisMann
10-31-2006, 09:10 PM
Excellent news. I'll be looking in on this one often. I was wondering what these guys were up to ever since Lorne Lanning's last interview, in which he discussed the new direction for his company.
phexitol
11-01-2006, 05:31 AM
Actually, this looks very cool. I say "looks" because there was an article in one of the next gen gaming mags with some concept art and a small amount of info on the storyline a few months ago. Glad to see there's also a movie in the works.
Gaffer
11-01-2006, 03:39 PM
The only thing that 'tires' me more than another talking animal cg flick, is more politics *hurl*
Hopefully it's more focused on action and the 'what if' (like somone else said) than the political spin.
Michael5188
11-01-2006, 04:23 PM
I am a bit dissapointed it's not taking place in Oddworld, I just love the style and creatures of Oddworld, and would love to see a movie take place there. Oh well, at least it's not a bunch of farm animals.
yenvalmar
11-01-2006, 10:21 PM
but hey maybe this will be even better.. :shrug:
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