Silent Hill....The movie!

[Swan]

That's right, a Silent Hill movie.

The movie is based on Konami's popular Horror Survival game "Silent Hill". The strory is written by Roger Avary ("Killing Zoe"), and will be directed by Christophe Gans ("Brotherhood of the Wolf").

http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_movie_1061.htm

[DeathsHand]

Get with the program... They announced this months ago, and as of last weekend or so the details have been flowing in (since that's when they began putting up the set and filming)!

I've been checking multiple messageboards as many times a day as possible!

Of course I'm a huge Silent Hill fanatic, so I'm naturally very excited for this movie.... But I believe it is shaping up to be possibly the best videogame movie so far...

Christophe Gans is directing, Roger Avary (who also co-wrote Pulp Fiction among other things) wrote the script, it's not starring bigshot hollywood action stars or supermodels... And to top it off the music is being done by Akira Yamoaka, who made the amazing soundtracks for the games...

Oh, and the set (or the one they made so far) was amazing...

Christophe is apparently a fan of the games (especially part 2), and they've said they're not turning it into an 'over-stylized action film'...

*excited*

Some guy's pictures from the set

And incase someone's too lazy to find the "Silent Hill Gallery" link on that site Deejzguy posted, Photos!!!!

Edit: One last note, that storyline that everyone thinks is the official storyline is not actually CONFIRMED to be the one they're going with...

It popped up on the producer's website one day, then was taken down shortly thereafter... So it came from a credible source (the producer himself ) but nobody's sure what it is... Could be the final story, could be a decoy, could be an earlier idea or something... Either way it's very vague, although it seems to be borrowing a lot from the first game...

[BlueFire]

omfg I'm so damn excited for this movie. Like DH, I've been following it for a while. :]


Can't wait.

[GameMaster]

it's not starring bigshot hollywood action stars or supermodels

That's too bad.

Oh well, it can still become a cult film I guess.







*spoilers*


Official title: Silent Hill: Centralia

Official Plot:

Rose cannot accept the knowledge that her daughter Sharon is dying of a fatal disease. Over the protests of her husband, she flees with her child, intending to take the girl to a faith healer. On the way, she ends up driving through a portal in reality, which takes her to the eerie and deserted town of Silent Hill. Sharon disappears in Silent Hill, and Rose follows what she thinks is her daughter's silhouette all over town. It's soon clear the town is not like any place she's ever been. It's inhabited by a variety of creatures and a living darkness that descends and literally transforms everything it touches. The human inhabitants - the ones who are left - are trapped and fighting a losing battle against the Darkness. Joined by a cop named Cybil, who has been sent to bring her and Sharon back, Rose searches for her little girl while learning the history of Silent Hill and that Sharon is just a pawn in a larger game. To save her daughter, Sharon makes a deal with a demon in the form of a little girl.....

*end spoiler*

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Official title: Silent Hill: Centralia[/color]

You got that from IMDB, si?

That site's information is compiled largely by user submissions...

It's not called Centralia or "Silent Hill: Centralia"... Centralia is the name of a (mostly abandoned) town in PA where an underground coal mine fire has been burning for about 40 years...

They were using it as a 'code name' (like how Return of the Jedi was called "Blue Harvest" or something) as an attempt to keep crazy fans away from the set (didn't work)...

When the name Centralia popped up as the name of the movie, all the fans flipped out and were like "OMFGZ WHY WOULD THEY CHANGE THE NAME!! *online petition*"... Fanboys are hilarious...

it was like the worst-kept secret ever in the movie industry...

[BlueFire]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

That's too bad.

Oh well, it can still become a cult film I guess.

Why is that bad? O.o

[MuGen]

All video game based movies start out good with unknowns. I mean, you can't possibly imagine your favorite game characters played by well known hollywood celebrities.

It gives off that certain feeling, when watching new faces play out your video game fave.

[Neo]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Rose cannot accept the knowledge that her daughter Sharon is dying of a fatal disease. Over the protests of her husband, she flees with her child, intending to take the girl to a faith healer. On the way, she ends up driving through a portal in reality, which takes her to the eerie and deserted town of Silent Hill. Sharon disappears in Silent Hill, and Rose follows what she thinks is her daughter's silhouette all over town. It's soon clear the town is not like any place she's ever been. It's inhabited by a variety of creatures and a living darkness that descends and literally transforms everything it touches. The human inhabitants - the ones who are left - are trapped and fighting a losing battle against the Darkness. Joined by a cop named Cybil, who has been sent to bring her and Sharon back, Rose searches for her little girl while learning the history of Silent Hill and that Sharon is just a pawn in a larger game. To save her daughter, Sharon makes a deal with a demon in the form of a little girl.....

That doesn't sound confusing enough.

Will this compliment the SH storyline or is it just an interpretation of it?

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Neo

That doesn't sound confusing enough.

Will this compliment the SH storyline or is it just an interpretation of it?

"Harry Mason is driving on a dark road when a human figure appears in front of them. He swerves to avoid hitting the person and runs off the road. WHen he comes to, his daughter is missing. He sets out to search for his missing daughter, with a help of a police named Cybil. Along the way they come across a few strange characters, and discover the town's dark past"

.... Or some BS like that, my point is it's a vague plotline overview (of what might not even be the official plot) that's worthy of the back of a DVD box...

Silent Hill's storyline really comes to life in the details, of which there are none in that summary...

Anyways, the general plot does sound a lot like the idea of Silent Hill 1, but nobody's sure if it's a sort of "retooling" of that storyline, or where in the already-established timeline it falls (if anywhere)...

A lot of fans jump to conclusions and say "It's just Silent Hill 1 with Harry as a woman!"...

But that's a stupid assumption to make this early on...

My guess is that it's taking that fairly basic plot idea of Silent Hill 1, scooping out most of the innards, and creating a new plot (therefore full of new potential for surprises instead of 'Been there, done that') that still says very faithful to the source material (at least they've been saying that)...

I could rant on all day about how I'm sick of the fanboys and crap nitpicking and bitching and writing off the movie as crap based on a brief, unconfirmed summary, but I think I'll stop there...