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NEWS: Pac-Man Gets Live-Action Film


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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:50 pm Reply with quote
Live action... Pac-Man? Well, I guess Sonic the Hedgehog's movies are somewhat successful.
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FireballDragon



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:58 pm Reply with quote
And here I thought this 16-year-old video would be the closest thing we'd get.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:29 pm Reply with quote
why? What part of pac-man did execs look at and go "Yes, this would be quite marketable/profitable if we were to make this a live action production."

Why do we keep seeing these incredibly tone deaf projects greenlit?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:43 pm Reply with quote
I'm morbidly curious to see how this turns out.
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MagicPolly



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:05 pm Reply with quote
Jeez, was Pixels not enough?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:16 pm Reply with quote
Why? What’s it even going to be about?
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LadroAnima



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:19 pm Reply with quote
Zerreth wrote:
why? What part of pac-man did execs look at and go "Yes, this would be quite marketable/profitable if we were to make this a live action production."

Why do we keep seeing these incredibly tone deaf projects greenlit?


They see others get success and think "Hey, we can do that too!". Probably Sonic in this case.
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Silver Kirin



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:46 pm Reply with quote
I love Pac-Man but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to make a movie about him.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:47 pm Reply with quote
I'm just baffled as to how they could make a movie about Pac-Man. At least other video game movies had a plot to work off of.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:56 pm Reply with quote
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(TV_series)[/url]

I have vague memories of watching the above on Saturday morning cartoons.

H. C.
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:10 pm Reply with quote
ab2143 wrote:
Why? What’s it even going to be about?


(Booming movie narrator voice) In a world where ghosts control the fruit trade, only one (Pac) Man can save us all.

Makes me think that Cartman as Awesome-O came up with this movie idea. And if that's the case, Adam Sandler is starring in this when?
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AmpersandsUnited



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:15 pm Reply with quote
Pac-Man has certainly had it rough recently with Ghostly Adventurers and now this.
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This, new Mario, sonic ... I think they really want to make a Smash movie
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:52 pm Reply with quote
Wonder if he'll eat anyone in this one like in Pixels... Laughing
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:41 am Reply with quote
Zerreth wrote:
why? What part of pac-man did execs look at and go "Yes, this would be quite marketable/profitable if we were to make this a live action production."

Why do we keep seeing these incredibly tone deaf projects greenlit?


You know how people love to complain about Hollywood never taking risks?

Sorraffy wrote:
This, new Mario, sonic ... I think they really want to make a Smash movie


Heck of a reach considering Sonic & Pac-Man are not Smash Originals.

Now if we at least got a any combination of a Kirby,Starfox, Earthbound, F-Zero, or Zelda movie you might be on to something.

LadroAnima wrote:


They see others get success and think "Hey, we can do that too!". Probably Sonic in this case.


I mean even without Sonic let’s not pretend we didn’t have a Detective Pikachu movie come out a few years ago, or a Live Action Monster Hunter film, or two new live action Resident Evil properties.

This would’ve happened regardless of the success/failure of Sonic.
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