Most of the movies made from video game adaptations up to date have been less than stellar productions (thanks Uwe Boll), to say the least. From Street Fighter to Doom every one of them has strayed far from the original material and ended up a mess.

Now there is some light shining on video game fans with the news that Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, is making its debut on games-to-film adaptations with Capcom’s upcoming action title Dark Void. Plan B has secured the movie rights for the game and there is even some speculation that Brad Pitt himself might be up for the starring role.

Based on a series of comics released by DC Comics in the late 1980s, Watchmen offers a twist to costumed super heroes. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead), the film follows the original 12-issue series very closely, with many scenes and moments created to depict specific panels of the comic.

While this movie will not likely convert non-comic fans, it is a rather respectable adaptation and certainly honors both the comics and the era they were created (and set)…

While releases for upcoming videogames just keep getting better, the list of movie titles based on videogames keep growing. Soon, Hitman, starring Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, will join the list of live-action films based on a videogame. “I don’t go after video games because they are video games,” Adrian Askarieh, producer of the Hitman more »