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Remember how the Doom movie was sort of about Doom, but not really? This is probably going to be kind of like that. But worse.

Or better, depending on your level of loathing for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

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If actor Kevin McKidd has his ears pressed up against the proper grapevines, we may be seeing a Call of Duty movie in the near future. So he said in an interview with the New York Post:

“They were looking for a rough, Scottish actor in Hollywood they probably couldn’t get Gerard Butler, so they got the No. 2 Gerard Butler, me. I had no idea it would be so huge, and now there are talks of a feature film.”

So, who’s stepping into Soap’s squeaky clean boots? Well, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? And McKidd thinks he’s up for the task.

“If the script is good, and Gerard isn’t available [laughs], then absolutely,” he said.

Granted, this doesn’t necessrily prove the existence of a Call of Duty film. For all we know, McKidd could be an avid VG247 reader, and might just be referencing the Call of Duty movie trademark from a couple months back.

Come on, Mr. McKidd. Speak up in our comments section that you frequently peruse. Er, don’t be shy now.

The Resident Evil films may stray a bit too far from their progenitor’s plot path for comfort, but — nerd-ire be damned — someone likes them. Otherwise, the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife would’ve never made it into production. Glaring Expert and movie star Milla Jovovich explained:

“The movie makes money. If it makes more money than the last one, you’d think that people want to see another one, so we’ll do another one. There’s been a lot of interest online, there’s been a lot of letters from fans… film company,” she told shocktillyoudrop.

“It’s not like I said, ‘Hey, honey! Let’s do another one right away!’ I mean, it’s an expensive film and it’s all business and if the third one didn’t do well, there wouldn’t be another one.”

Jovovich went on to explain how no expense is being spared on Afterlife’s 3D effects, with director Paul W.S. Anderson studying a number of 3D films in hopes of really making his film pop off the screen.

Movie’s coming in September 2010, if you’re interested.

Remember when Square almost exploded into coins after Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within vomited all over the big screen? Well, this isn’t really like that – mostly because Capcom has licensed Lost Planet out to a third-party. But still. $150-$200 million.

The information was confirmed by Capcom Head of Character Content Business Toshihiro Tokumaru during a PR interview.

To put that amount in perspective, The Dark Knight pocketed 185 million of ol’ Uncle Warner’s dollars before slipping into theaters.

It is, however, unconfirmed as to whether or not this much money exists. Nobody’s ever seen it all in one place; we asked everyone. As such, we remain skeptical.

Thanks, GameDaily.

By Nathan Grayson

On IGN. It’s 28Mb and you have to download it, for some reason. No streaming allowed. The movie’s was released as part of EA’s E3 press conference last night. Watch it. You clearly haven’t got anything better to do.

We’re not going to post any more after this. You kind of get the idea. God knows how Rockstar’s going to prevent this getting any worse. This is just a small selection of what’s out there now, thanks to El_MUERkO.

• Supposedly a leaked copy being played.
• Loads of stuff, all in-game.
• Guy talking through saving, etc.
• Guns and car-jacking.

This one’s fire-based, and shows off a lot of physics stuff that will presumably be used in puzzles. It’s all looking very nice, still, but we’d really like to see some of the game now, if we’re being honest. Movie’s after the link.

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Rockstar head Dan Houser has been quick to stamp on further talk of a GTA movie following yesterday’s Variety story, which claimed a filmed based on the giant gaming franchise almost came to fruition last year.

“Rockstar was not involved in this project in any way, shape or form,” said Houser, speaking to MTV. “Some movie producers were trying to put something together to entice us to make a movie, as studios and production teams frequently have done in the past. This proposal was no more interesting than the numerous others we receive. We never entertained proceeding with the project.”

The Variety report claimed the movie involved one of Hollywood’s “big six” studios and that Eminem was touted for lead. Guess we can put that one to rest, then.

According to Variety, a GTA film deal came close to finalisation last spring with “one of the six major studios” then “at the last minute, it all fell apart”.

“I’m told Take 2 couldn’t finalize terms with the studio, though I’m not sure if it was a purely financial issue or if, in the end, the publisher got cold feet about giving away rights to its baby,” said the author of this.

A GTA film has been widely rumoured for years. That report reckons Eminem was slated as the ditched movie’s lead, so it’s missed opportunities all round, really. Maybe one day.

Eidos has released a new movie from upcoming Funcom MMO Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures, showing the game’s borderlands region. It’s all looking just swell, and probably worth the wait: the game’s been delayed on numerous occasions. A release date of May 20 is now set in stone, as you’ll see at the end of the trailer, and a simultaneous launch in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and the US is planned.

According to this, the Max Payne movie is finally about to start filming. Beginning on March in Toronto, the movie is something of a mystery at the moment, aside from a basic plot of Max’s family being murdered and the toilet-faced maniac going on a revengathon. It is known, however, that the eponymous lead will be played by “Marky” Mark Wahlberg, him that wears his pants on the outside. God knows what this is going to turn out like, but we’ll keep hoping for gold.

Via Destructoid.