It seems that Resistance will be getting the movie treatment in the near future, but is the movie already in trouble? That may very well be the case according to the information contained within recent reports.
Best known for her role in Twilight, Kristen Stewart is the lead they have in mind for the movie if an anonymous source is to be believed.
“They’re making a Resistance movie and she could be the perfect lead, she’d definitely be on the casting wishlist.”
The actress was involved in the “walk of terror” event that was held to promote the launch of Resistance 3. This only strengthens the validity of the above speculation.
Now, let’s move on to the “doomed before it begins” portion of this article. Is Kristen Stewart really the best possible choice for a lead role in this movie? I believe I speak for all gamers when I say we want a Resistance adaptation to be a powerful and gritty movie, not something that’s going to make Tweens line up at midnight to watch.
One bad actor/actress can greatly effect the feeling we walk away from a movie with. Do you remember Boondock Saints 2? A long-awaited sequel finally came and every other scene was almost unbearable due to Julie Benz’ out of place performance. I have a feeling that could be the outcome for Resistance. It’d be a movie we’d all want to love, but unfortunately we couldn’t thanks to poor casting (just think about the original Uncharted plot/casting ideas). Hollywood needs to stop trying to make these video game-to-movie adaptations because by the time their done tweaking everything the characters and plot are far from what they should be.
Let’s all hope that these reports become nothing more than rumors and that Resistance will one day sit among the elite few video game movies that didn’t completely suck.
/rant
