Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Shadow of the Colossus

4/8/09 - Sony will adapt the popular PlayStation 2 video game Shadow of the Colossus into a big-screen action movie, with Justin Marks penning the screenplay and Kevin Misher in negotiations to produce, Variety reported.  Colossus, which bowed exclusively on the PlayStation 2 in 2005, revolves around a man named Wander who must travel across a cursed wasteland and defeat 16 creatures, known as the colossi, in order to restore the life of a girl.  The movie will build on the video game's fantasy setting of a solitary world with few characters other than the 16 enemies.

AlienAlmanac.com 2009