Deus Ex: Human Defiance

[6souls]

Director: Scott Derrickson
Writers: Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2265890/
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Synopsis:

The setting is the near future, when dramatic advances in human augmentation have triggered a technological renaissance. The protagonist, an ex-SWAT security specialist named Adam Jensen, must embrace mechanical augments in order to unravel a global conspiracy.

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- Announcement;

CBS Films has signed Scott Derrickson to direct Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the screen adaptation of the iconic Square Enix video game. Derrickson, who has had a hot hand recently in helming the hits Sinister and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, will write the script with his Sinister co-writer C. Robert Cargill. Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh will produce, and John P. Middleton is exec producer.

The setting is the near future, when dramatic advances in human augmentation have triggered a technological renaissance. The protagonist, an ex-SWAT security specialist named Adam Jensen, must embrace mechanical augments in order to unravel a global conspiracy.

“Deus Ex is a phenomenal cyberpunk game with soul and intelligence,” said Derrickson. “By combining amazing action and tension with big, philosophical ideas, Deus Ex is smart, ballsy, and will make one hell of a movie. Cargill and I can’t wait to bring it to the big screen.”.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/deus...ing-cbs-films/

[Qalbert]

[warc]

Well that didn't take long at all.

[6souls]

A couple of days ago it was announced that Sinister director Scott Derrickson would be directing the big screen adaptation of Square Enix's video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. He is also set to co-write the script with C. Robert Cargill. In a recent interview with Movies.com Cargill talked about adapting the game into a film, and why he and Derrickson are taking it on.

First and foremost, the moral complexity of the story. It’s a dark, dark story underneath it all. Almost everyone in the game exists in a moral gray area with a well-defended position that you can really wrap your head around. The writing of Deus Ex is the stuff of good novels. As Scott and I dissected it, we found a lot of interesting angles to issues everyone is wrestling with in this day and age. We thought of elements to the universe that we wanted to further explore. And we got excited about it. On top of all that, Scott and I love cyberpunk. I grew up on it. The way Deux Ex reinvented the genre was fantastic. It got us talking about movies like District 9 and Looper and Blade Runner and Inception, and it just seemed like the right fit.

He goes on to talk about what the obstacles they face in adapting the game.

Straight up, the fact that it’s a video game. That comes with its own host of problems. Every fan of the game has a very specific idea in what they want to see in a movie – casting, visuals, favorite parts of the game. At the same time, we’re also making a film for people who haven’t played the game; some who haven’t even heard of it and just think the movie looks cool. The way we’ve approached it is that we’ve decided not to make a video game movie. We’re making a cyberpunk movie.

The game is incredibly convoluted. Not in a bad way, mind you. In a way that really works as a twisty, turny 30-plus-hour gaming experience. A straight adaptation of the core story is, as you say, problematic. If you’ve got two hours, sit down and watch all the cut scenes strung together on YouTube. Then realize that you’ve watched a movie’s worth of story without any connective tissue, leaving out every single side quest/subplot as well as a number of important conversations. The trick will be to tell the story right and do it justice while simplifying certain elements, without cheapening it or dumbing it down. Needless to say, we have some ideas.

I wonder how long they've been developing the movie before it was officially announced. It sounds like they have a solid idea on what they want to do with it. Cargil is then asked if he played the game, and it seems like he's on top of things in that area as well. Here's what he had to say...

Several times. I’m in the middle of my third play-through now. I’m trying to beat it without killing anyone but the bosses, which is not easy. There’s something particularly cool about playing video games for “research” and getting to tell your wife you’re “working” while you’ve got an XBox controller in your hand.

The story is set in the near future, when dramatic advances in human augmentation have triggered a technological renaissance. The protagonist, an ex-SWAT security specialist named Adam Jensen, must embrace mechanical augments in order to unravel a global conspiracy.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/11/1...e-for-fil.html
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/deus-ex-movie/10312

[Waraji]

Spoiler: show

Thread. I felt the glamour of the re-imagining of this last game was very short lived. It's interesting all these android movies coming out now though, quite the timing.

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

Colin Farrell

[Kuishen]

Wait, so based off of the first Deus Ex game or Human Revolution?

[Deuce]

Off of HR. it mentions in the synopsis that Adam Jensen is the main character. JC Denton was the protagonist in deus ex.

[Seraph]

I never asked for this.

[Burningthought]

Seems like a decent role for Keanu Reeves to pickup.

[Salodin]

Seems like a decent role for Keanu Reeves to pickup.

Bebop better be first.

[Cichy]

Always seen Adrien Brody as Spike, JGL would work too

[Churchill]

I didn't even know they planned to do that, everything I read quickly talked about having big name actors play all the parts...I can't imagine a worse way to do it. Bebop would be much better if they did low budget, quality actors and made it feel like star wars as far a SFX and camera work (space western, etc)

[Cichy]

I didn't even know they planned to do that, everything I read quickly talked about having big name actors play all the parts...I can't imagine a worse way to do it. Bebop would be much better if they did low budget, quality actors and made it feel like star wars as far a SFX and camera work (space western, etc)

Bebop plans fell apart in 2010, I'm glad I did not want to see Keanu as Spike

[Thiefami]

lol Keanu as Spike, that wouldve been horrible. I can see him as Jensen, but I am not sure If I could take him seriously watching him star in yet another role with a trench coat. Looks wise Dylan Mcdermott could nail Jensen. Not so sure if he would do so well acting it out.

[Waraji]

I didn't ask for any of this Trinity!

I agree Keanu would have made a horrible Spike, due to the Matrix following.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt would have been a better cast type for Spike. If only he were taller.

But this shit, ugh. This shit's going to be horrible, partly due to the probable hand SE might play in its direction. If it's based directly off the events of the game, it's going to be shit. If it's a loose adaptation of the game's universe and theme, it's going to be shit. Lose/Lose.

[SamanosukeShiva]

I think Keanu would be better fit for Jensen because lets face it, Jensen is not really emotional and talk almost always with monotone, Keanu would be perfect for that.

[Laugana]

I just recently finished watching a Let's Play of the game (omfgcata). I wonder what ending they would pick for the film.

[Ragnus]

I'll probably have to do that also. I tried playing the game but the outsourced boss fights that didn't mesh with the rest of the game killed it for me. There was no way in hell a stun gun wielding stealth character could beat Mr. Chaingun/Infinite Grenades.

[Laugana]

Lol yeah, the stun gun. In the Let's Play I watched, the guy never touched the stun gun. I have to say, lately, I'm much more interested in watching people play games than playing them myself. Jesse Cox (omfgcata) makes the 'episodes' very entertaining, moreso than if I played them myself.