Doom III movie

Studio-based John Wells Prods. will produce "Doom" with recently departed worldwide production president-turned-producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Once the deal is firmly in place, a writer will be put on board to pen the screenplay. Although the video game was controversial because of its violence when it was originally released, the feature film version will aim for a PG-13 rating.

"Doom," a first-person shooter, launched in 1993, and a third installment is scheduled for release next year. The feature film's story line will most resemble the third "Doom," which is set in the future at a paramilitary base on Mars, where a scientific experiment goes awry and accidentally opens a portal to hell. The vastly outnumbered hero fights off the forces of hell as they come from the portal onto the deserted base. This will be the basis for the feature version, without the constraints of the first-person shooter format.

Todd Hollenshead, CEO of the Mesquite, Texas-based id, said his company "really scrutinized the potential partners" who were interested in the project as there had been several failed attempts to bring the project to the big screen in the past. With the third installment of the game due out next year, the company didn't want to "swing and miss."

"Given how important the franchise is to us, we wanted to make sure that we didn't miss out on the opportunity to make a movie again," Hollenshead said. " 'Doom' is our baby, the crown jewel of our intellectual property franchises, and Warners' interest in it was more than just talk. It actually puts on paper that if they don't move at a satisfactory pace, we can take it somewhere else. We're just a little game developer here in Texas, not a big movie company, so we were more interested in a commitment to make a movie rather than talk about how excited someone was about it."

Added Wells: "The opportunity to create a franchise of this well-known property is inspiring, and we look forward to the challenge of bringing it to the screen."

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Eh... Well I think its a decent game but I dont know if I would care to see a movie about it.

Hollenshead said. " 'Doom' is our baby, the crown jewel of our intellectual property franchises,

Ouch! I have seen many games and I dont think I'd be so proud of the Doom series... Of course its just my opinion tell me what you think.

Well, have you played DOOM III, I would love to see those deamons and stuff on a movie, would be really cool.

Originally posted by Sum Yung Guy Well, have you played DOOM III, I would love to see those deamons and stuff on a movie, would be really cool.

Yes I've played it. I see you like it

Doom was pretty cool for its time, I'd rent it maybe just to see how they do the Cyber Demon and the other bosses....

I just thought I'd add this here since the article sucks about it but the DoomIII leak was such a "Big Deal" it made cnn.com

I just thought that was funny.