Max Payne Movie

[droopy]

check it out: here'y my idea for a max payne movie

http://www.np-bros.com/Image6.jpg

i mean, kiefer sutherland in 24 IS practically max payne!
when i first heard his voice i thought he was the one who had done maxes voice in the game, later i found out it was james mccaffrey.

well? tell me what you think!

greez droopy

[Demon Chong]

Well...the actual movie for Max Payne it's Max Payne: Hero go check if u don't know

[ADM]

Demon Chong said:
Well...the actual movie for Max Payne it's Max Payne: Hero go check if u don't know



Eh? That's a fan movie.

[superbo3]

http://www.maxpaynehero.com/ here ya go , enjoy its quite good http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Piano Man]

THIS IS WHO I want to be Mona Sax (if they include her in the movie...)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607865/

I think she would suit it very well... She was great in the movi Formula 51 with Samuel Jackson.

[Ivan]

Piano Man said:
THIS IS WHO I want to be Mona Sax (if they include her in the movie...)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607865/

I think she would suit it very well... She was great in the movi Formula 51 with Samuel Jackson.



Yeah, doesn't look bad! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Piano Man]

She suits the role really well... You should see the Movie Ivan, it's a good movie. Any movie with Samuel Jackson is pretty damn good.

[Sayantan]

Piano Man said:
THIS IS WHO I want to be Mona Sax (if they include her in the movie...)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607865/

I think she would suit it very well... She was great in the movi Formula 51 with Samuel Jackson.



True. Just make her hair grow a bit longer and a pony tail please. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Yatta]

Why is Jennifer Garner's name written above the dude, and his name above hers? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Raiden93]

I think Thomas Jane would make a good Max Payne http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.kinoweb.de/film2001/UnderSuspicion/pix/us05.jpg

[JackpotDen]

sorry to be crude but :

NOO!! TJ needs to make excessive punisher sequals 1st

[TheArtist]

Not bad, not bad. Here's another idea, one that I've brought up b4. How about Edward Norton?

Forgive my naivette, but I seem unable to post pics from imdb.com Look him up, and study the pics from Red Dragon (okay, so he's blondified in this one, but he Does play a tortured detective) and The Score, and while he was on the skinny side for Fight Club, he sure was no pushover.

[Corwin]

Why not the actors that have been used to make the game's GraphicNovel pages ?

http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~maxpayne/site/images/stories/gameinfo/realactors/Kathy_Tong_wom_05.jpg http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~maxpayne/site/images/stories/gameinfo/realactors/timothygibbs.jpg

[Mariamus]

I agree. I'd like to see the actors from the game in an eventual movie. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I did ask Stephen if he'd play vinnie if there was a movie about Sadie (something that was talked about a long while ago.) and he agreed on it, so if he got the chance, I think he wouldn't mind playing Vinnie if there was a movie http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Corwin]

Mariamus said:
I agree. I'd like to see the actors from the game in an eventual movie. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I did ask Stephen if he'd play vinnie if there was a movie about Sadie (something that was talked about a long while ago.) and he agreed on it, so if he got the chance, I think he wouldn't mind playing Vinnie if there was a movie http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif



Wooo, I'm impressed Mariamus !

[Mariamus]

why so impressed?

[Corwin]

Well, I don't know any actors, forgive me for being a bit non-mature http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Mariamus]

Oh that...
Well, I wouldn't have passed for a mature person when Stephen e-mailed me the first time. LOL

But he's a really nice guy http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Jade]

No, no...i vote for Clive Owen...hehe.. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10215000/10215598.jpg

[Amorphis]

I know a couple of actors. I do acting myself so comes with the job http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Most famous person I did a workshop with was Dave Collins from the Umbilical Brothers.

[Karthik]

Or we could settle for Jean Claude Van Damme and get the guy who did MP's voice over to dub Damme!

[MegaMustaine]

With the ideas for actors that come up here, you all are just going to concede to Howie Long again! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[rainman]

Corwin said:
Why not the actors that have been used to make the game's GraphicNovel pages ?




nah! not Gibbs! His eyes remind me of George Bush, and that's clearly a bad sign.

The one and only true Max Payne image was Sam Lake, the Creator - see MP1. He's far more handsome, and his face expresses all the right emotions all the right way.

Since first title screen i liked image of Max Payne 1's face.
Since first trailer i hated image of Max Payne 2's.

[EyeZ]

I think we all know Michael Madsen should be max

http://www.objectif-cinema.fr/portraits/images/092/madsen_2.jpg

[Dark Prowler]

EyeZ said:
I think we all know Michael Madsen should be max

http://www.objectif-cinema.fr/portraits/images/092/madsen_2.jpg



Funny you should say that. I have always thought Michael Madsen would make a GREAT Max Payne. He has the looks, the demeanour, AND the voice. But he'd have to play an older Max, like in MP2.

DP.

[MegaMustaine]

EyeZ said:
I think we all know Michael Madsen should be max

http://www.objectif-cinema.fr/portraits/images/092/madsen_2.jpg



Looks kinda like Vince Vaughn in that pic. Maybe it is the cig.

[Maxld]

My vote:
David Boreanaz.
http://www.d-boreanaz.com/gallery/albums/albums/angel/misc-season1/angel-s1-070.jpg
http://www.d-boreanaz.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=237

But if the movie is based on Max Payne 2, then Madsen is a better choice.

[Amorphis]

Madsen wouldn't be my choice... I really don't see him as Max Payne... Probably because of the way I now see him as an actor as a result of Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino... I dunno... He just doesn't have the Max Payne charisma or charm in my opinion... Max Payne has an atmosphere about him... He's quite intense and calm at the same time, Madsen doesn't have that. The only Max Payne that I see is Sam Lake, without a doubt.

[Joonas]

Time to say "WTF!"

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10169

[Ivan]

Indeed! (http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=886790&an=0&page=0#886790)

[Sayantan]

Joonas said:
Time to say "WTF!"

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10169



http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Joonas]

Sayantan said:

Joonas said:
Time to say "WTF!"

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10169



http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif



Actually, I prefer the original source:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/index.jsp

And see the Popular Media board of this forum too.

[Amorphis]

Very interesting... Do you think there will be just the one film? Or a couple? I for one hope it's more than just the one... It'll be interesting to see how they adapt the game character to the silver screen.

[Kristian Joensen]

This shouldn't come as a suprise:

http://www.3drealms.com/press/maxmovie.html .

[Joonas]

Now that I think about it... television series wouldn't be a bad idea at all. But ONLY WITH THE SAME STORY.

[Amorphis]

I'd prefer just a movie... A TV series might go overboard with it... Even if they did a Max Payne trilogy I'd be happy, but not a TV series...

[Destroyer]

I think that would be great.

[Gatinater]

Al Pachino or Christopher Walkin. Oh..YEAH!! If neither of them. Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby would be good for the roll.

"Now you see youuu went and took that valkyer, so I'M goING to have to PUNish YOuuuuuuu. Eat Jello pudding.

[Gatinater]

I have a better idea. Steven Segal.

" You killed my wife and my kid, but you didn't kill me and THAT was your mistake. So I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do about it. I'm gonna take this gun THIS GUN right HERE and shoot some bullets at you. Maybe I'll do it in slow motion, maybe I won't, who knows?"

"Ok so maybe I know something about the drugs or maybe I don't, but you know what? None of that matters, because I do know bullets come out of this gun."

"So you think this is being shot? No no, this isn't being shot. You wanna see shot? I'll show you shot."

They could use Jean Claude.

"AHHHHHH! ou wan sum o dis. I ry to tell ou, but no one undastand wut I say. AHHHHHH!"

"So ou kill I ife an child? ou kill I fumily? ou ill pay. OU ILL PAY! YOU HEAR ME! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Or as I mentioned already Bill Cosby.

" YOOUUUUUUUUUU think that's fear you smell? Well well that's not fear you smell SMART GUY. In actuality I crapped my pants, I am over sixty after all. HA HA HA. So tell me smart guy.. Who's lookin stupid now?"

"YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU you killed Claire and Rudy! Which is hard to believe, cause you see cause see now cause you see I was eatin dinner with them the other day and I says and I says I said.. RUDY HUXTABLE! YOU! YOOuuuuuuuuuuu eat your vegtable or there will be NO none negative JELLO pudding for YOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU."

[Gatinater]

Idea popped into my head. This one is serious. Christian Slater. He has the hair, face, and stature to be Max Payne, but I don't know if he has the voice for it.

[Mariamus]

Anybody seen The Crow: Salvation?
I still think Eric Mabius would make a great Max Payne http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Gatinater]

Nah, that guy looks too young.

I was watching one of Slater's movie trailers and I think it was the Alone in the Dark trailer I was watching. His character is speaking narativly and he has a depressed, gritty tone and he sounds much like Max.

Remember the movie broken arrow? Remember in the mine shaft when he was diving through the air with the Sig's? He already has the moves.

[December Man]

Mel Gibson?

[Gatinater]

Gibson is too old. Max looks like he's about 30-40 while gibson Looks like he's 60. I don't think shoot dodge manuvers would look good or believable in bullet time with a cane. And how would he do the dual 9s with a cane in one hand?

I can see it now. Gibson attempts a dashing dive, but instead of looking cool he looks like a coat rack falling over, like an old guy tripping in slow much. When senior citizens to the rescue is in the works then Gibson should be considered.

[FullMetalJacket]

Gatinater said:Remember in the mine shaft when he was diving through the air with the Sig's? He already has the moves.



That was my favorite scene in the movie. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Piano Man]

I think I may have found the perfect Max Payne. Tell me what you guys think. He has that vengeful look in his eyes, and he has a damn good puzzling sort of psychological voice, and a very cool tone of voice. He was brilliant in Dark Angel as Ames White.

http://www.womeninfilm.ca/whos_who/files/who_martin_cumming.jpg
http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/pictures/liberty4.jpg

Sorry I don't have any better or bigger images.

[Ivan]

In the first picture he looks to much of a macho time to me. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Mariamus]

He looks like Max. that's really cool http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

for comparison:

[Piano Man]

Ivan said:
In the first picture he looks to much of a macho time to me. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif



Do you think he could possibly do it though??? He isn't macho looking - Have you seen Dark Angel??? He isn't macho, and he just looks like a plain thin guy.

[Gatinater]

So many movies are basically Max Payne. I don't think a Max Payne movie would be succesful on a large scale.

Family gets murdered, out for vengance.. It's an old premise.

But it does have a cool name. MAX PAYNE.

[Murder]

I check out the imdb board daily and i saw that for the Max Payne movie the writing credits are:
Sam Lake
Shawn Ryan

The fact is that Sam Lake was not written a week ago and i was wondering if i could get a confirmation or something..if not...that's life...win some - lose some.
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif
and whom do you remedy guys(staff and members) would want to play Max?

i'm not really puttin my hopes high
Ethan Hawk would be a good choice..not the best but i would be happy with him.

[ADM]

It means nothing.. Sam is busy writing Alan Wake and you have to remember that the IMDB is a fan submittion based website.

[Sayantan]

Maybe they added it thinking that the original author of the game should be credited too.

[Qriru]

Check it out ^^

Peter Krause - Six feet under

[Mariamus]

.... no... that guy looks too smiley.

[Sayantan]

Yep, the darkness isn't there. I wish he had. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Piranros]

Michael T. Weiss from the tv series 'Pretender' IS Max Payne. He has the looks, the voice (sounds almost exactly the same) and he's got experience on wearing a leather jacket http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Piranros]

Another pic. This one just screams 'Max Payne' doesn't it?

[Piano Man]

No it doesn't - to me - he looks like a smug p****!!!!

He doesn't have that total darkness about him. He is not max Payne...

He might be close, but if they choose him to play Max, I'm NOT watching the movie.

[Sayantan]

Well, the attitude is there. But he seems in a gay mood and not pissed off. Ye guys, we need people who seems "pissed-off". http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Gatinater]

Sayantan said:
Well, the attitude is there. But he seems in a gay mood and not pissed off. Ye guys, we need people who seems "pissed-off". http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif



Joe Pesci?

"Come ON! I'm standin right here. What? You think I won't shove this Beretta up your ass? You think since I'm only 3 feet talk I won't kick the shit out of you?"

[Piano Man]

Gatinater said:
Joe Pesci?

"Come ON! I'm standin right here. What? You think I won't shove this Beretta up your ass? You think since I'm only 3 feet talk I won't kick the shit out of you?"



ARE YOU TAKING THIS THREAD SERIOUSLY??? Yeah, why not Liberace or Michael Jackson or even BILL GATES????

Come on and give us some serious answers.

[December Man]

John Travolta?

(LOLZ)

[Gatinater]

Yeah, I'm joking. It doesn't matter who plays Max Payne as long the actor is capable of looking like Max Payne.

[Samji]

Piranros said:
Another pic. This one just screams 'Max Payne' doesn't it?




He looks a bit feminine to me.

Maybe if he changed the jacket a little bit (seems a bit "oh nice jacket dear")and his facial expression a little bit to the more classic Max Payne slightly smug yet constipated look.

How many times can I say "bit". http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

[Rami]

i have the perfect guy to this movie:

he calls:
Jonny knoxville

and i have a picture are show U all have's he looks like
the REAL MAX!

http://www.greatestcities.com/4433pic/768/CP32768.jpg/jonny_knoxville_1.jpg

[MentalSentinel]

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

[Ivan]

Rami said:
i have the perfect guy to this movie:

he calls:
Jonny knoxville

and i have a picture are show U all have's he looks like
the REAL MAX!

http://www.greatestcities.com/4433pic/768/CP32768.jpg/jonny_knoxville_1.jpg



You wish. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Rami]

You wish.



U right..
i wish, and i hope..
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Samji]

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif Johnny Knoxville???!!!!!

[Sin]

I would go for graphicnovel models - Kathy Tong and Tim Gibbs, they are real actors so why not? Oh... I guess I know why - filmmaker needs actors that won't get up from bed for less than 5mln $ per role...
Monica Belluci (plus blue eye contacts) as Mona Sax would be nice alternative, she has the voice http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif But I'd stil prefer Kathy.

[Ivan]

Rami said:

You wish.



U right..
i wish, and i hope..
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



It was more in the sense: "Not gonna happen. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif". http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Rami]

i know haha

[Jade]

This's an italian actor...in this pose he really fit Max.... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://www.forum.rai.it/uploads/post-12-1104330336.jpg

[Poltergeist]

Holy shit

http://perkman.bloguje.cz/max_payne_live_action.jpg

EDIT:
Here's our payne

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~maxpayne/site/images/stories/gameinfo/realactors/timothygibbs.jpg

[speeddemon]

No, no, no.

Johnny Messner is Max Payne!

Check him out:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582257/


Pic 1 (http://www.serienjunkies.de/Seriendarsteller/Johnny-Messner/Johnny-Messner.jpg)

Pic 2 (http://yxine.com/upload/10052004/anacondas_01.jpg)

He was in Anacondas 2, and if you notice he has the real deep voice to go with it. Anacondas is a bad movie, but still the guy is the spitting image for Max.

For Mona, the only person who can ever portray her is Kathy Tong herself. Come on, there can't be anyone else. Definitely NOT Jennifer Garner please!

[Ivan]

I saw Anacondas II, and that guy is too muscled. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif

[speeddemon]

It wouldn't really matter if he wears a coat the whole time like Max does.

[Ivan]

speeddemon said:
It wouldn't really matter if he wears a coat the whole time like Max does.



He just doesn't match with Jarvi's look. Maybe the Timothy's..

[Denz]

So hard to get someone like maxpayne... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Ghost]

Tom Jane. Just watch The Punisher.

[Murder]

it's too much the same...

I'd trust Sammi J. to choose.

I'd say Christian Bale( American Psycho, Equilibrium, The Machinist)
Ed Norton
I saw a few other good choices on imdb..

[Ghost]

Norton is a skinny boy. Jane would be perfect he's good in dramatics and action. Bale's cool choice too.

[biXen]

Sayantan said:
Maybe they added it thinking that the original author of the game should be credited too.



That's correct. That's how it's done. And since the Shield rocks, Ryan actually writing it would be nice, but who knows what's going on http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Gatinater]

Rami said:
i have the perfect guy to this movie:

he calls:
Jonny knoxville

and i have a picture are show U all have's he looks like
the REAL MAX!

http://www.greatestcities.com/4433pic/768/CP32768.jpg/jonny_knoxville_1.jpg



Sort of, but Jonny Knox is a complete crackhead. He makes Mentally challenged people look down upon him. They say "GOD DAMN THAT BOY IS RETARDED!!! I thought I was retarded, but this boy is REALLY retarded. He's beyond retarded."

[Gatinater]

Karthik said:
Or we could settle for Jean Claude Van Damme and get the guy who did MP's voice over to dub Damme!



No, have him use his real voice, since max payne is heavy on dialogue and narration it would be funny. The bad guys would say "What? What's he saying. What? Wha What?"

[Smackdown924]

It's sad but true. While watching the ringer (sigh, my uncle decided for christmas he would take all my cousins to see it, I had no choice) I sat there, thinking about what a complete souless imbecile he is.

Then, it struck me. He did a scene where he was serious for a second, he looked down, then kind of glanced up. I realized.... it was Max Payne. Perfect.

Give him a black leather jacket, a funky leapord vest, and a couple of Berettas.

.....Of course you could just save some money by getting THE ACTUAL ACTORS they used for the game? Just a thought?

[Bobstar]

When I got Max Payne 2, my friend said he looked like a guy that used to be in Coronation street, he was the guy that drove off a bridge with the platt family, peeps who are not english may not get it, but like he wore suits most of the time, & yeah he looked like him lol

http://www.supanet.com/media/00/05/99/richard_hillman.jpg

actually looking at it now maybe he could play max payne in maxpayne 32 or something... with Max in Max Payne 1, Tom Jane is too big, Max is like average build looking, I would say Hugh Jackman or an unknown...

Look at this pic, It's jus Max Payne happy...

http://www.jackmanslanding.com/gallery/mags-portraits/images/junegq2.jpg

[sdk3690]

Ok in my opnion similiar to some i think Clive Owen would be perfect for this role ,just see sin city he is a very good actor and he has the deep voice and the type that can represent max pain because in sin city he says shoud i kill this cop and risck it all and max payne is like that he kills bandits coruptive cops and helps good cruks(mona sax) and bracks many rules because max payne is buy far side a goody-god cop and sin city is very close of what max payne in movie is probably going to be if they go in that noir style I just hope that they don´t ruine it making it just an action movie and i think that Robert Rodriguez sloud take a part on max payne movie . PS: in wikipedia Clive Owen is associated to max payne movie ho nows Clive Owen in MAX PAYNE http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
:D

[Denz]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pandrindex.jpg :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Dark Prowler]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pandrindex.jpg :confused: :confused: :confused:

That poster is from the heavily anticipated independent film Max Payne: Payne & Redemption.

See link...

http://www.payneandredemption.com/

DP.

[step2ice]

Madsen, no question.

http://www.qui-se-soucie-de-moi.fr/media/242/20050913-Michael-Madsen.jpg

[lampard]

When will this film show?

[lethal]

come on people, Mel Gibson is Max Payne.

http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/troco/troco02.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8800/premj99a.jpg
http://www.escaner.cl/escaner2/cine2.JPGhttp://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/paramount_pictures/payback/mel_gibson/mel.jpg
Max and Vlad
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue08/reviews/payback/smpic4.jpg
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue08/reviews/payback/smpic4.jpg

[Vaskes]

I have always imagined Bruce Willis as Max Payne, I'm surprised no one else has suggested that. The problem is he is not young any more...

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00065/willis2_65345a.jpg http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Sin-City---Bruce-Willis---Advance-Poster-Poster-C10215599.jpeg http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Bruce%20Willis.jpg

[Sayantan]

..... Bruce Willis .......The problem is he is not young any more...

Imagine this .....

Take2 makes Max Payne 3 with an even older Max ....
The Max Payne movie plans to get released in the same time as the sequel ....

In that case Bruce would do just great IMO. :)

[Doomsays]

So there are many at least satisfying choices for Max(and naturally the worst one will get picked) but I was wondering - which characters do you think are gonna make it to the movie, if it ever comes out?

[Payneful Soul]

^I would say, either Tim Gibbs(seeing as he's and actor) or(My choice) Cillian Murphy. Naturaly their going to adapt the first film. So I would go with Cillian Murphy for the first film. You may think I'm crazy for this pick, but in Max Payne 1. The thing that made Max' look so appealing is that he didn't look like a real bad ass. He looked just like a normal everyday joe kinda guy. He didn't even look like a cop, which made it easy for him to go undercover.

You weren't intimedated by his look, but by what you saw he was capable of. If you look at 28 Days Later, you see Cillian Murphys character. He seems like an everyday joe kinda guy, who wouldn't hurt a fly if he had to. But by the end of the movie, you see him change into this brutal, primal, fritening guy who you wouldn't really want to piss off. The way he dispatched of the "Soldiers", made it seem as though he had been infected by the virus.

Also theres something about his look, that says Max Payne(the Max in the first game). Cut his hair, put a lether jacket on him. Have him deepen his voice and take in the character. He'd be a great Max Payne.

[dan2091]

<-- Michael Keaton (look at my pic). Madsen is a good idea also.

[Damien_Azreal]

Old... extremely old thread... but what the hell. My vote... Timothy Olyphant .

http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0395495/Ss/0395495/03407_r.jpg.html?hint=nm0648249

He looks pretty similar to the young Max Payne in that film (Catch and Release).

[Cleric]

come on people, Mel Gibson is Max Payne.

You beat me to it. I was just watching that movie and was seeing Max all over the place. But, he's just too old now, so, oh well.

[dan2091]

Old... extremely old thread... but what the hell. My vote... Timothy Olyphant .

http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0395495/Ss/0395495/03407_r.jpg.html?hint=nm0648249

He looks pretty similar to the young Max Payne in that film (Catch and Release).

He just looks like it , but maybe he's way too young.

[Damien_Azreal]

Well apparently he's the guy who is playing Agent 47 in the Hitman movie. So video game based movies wouldn't be a stretch for him.

[Zom-B]

Madsen, no question.

I have to agree. There's a part in Reservoir Dogs where he's looking down at the camera and he just looks like a spitting image of the Sam Lake/Payne.

I'll try and get a screenshot.

Edit:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r169/therealzomb/madsen.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r169/therealzomb/reservoirmaxsmall.jpg

Am i the only one that sees it? :P

[TheUnbeholden]

these are the real max payne and mona sax

http://perkman.bloguje.cz/max_payne_live_action.jpg

[DavoX]

I liked more the first max payne than the second...

[FrozeN91]

these are the real max payne and mona sax

http://perkman.bloguje.cz/max_payne_live_action.jpgSmexy.

[Altered Reality]

these are the real max payne and mona sax

http://perkman.bloguje.cz/max_payne_live_action.jpg
No, THIS (http://www.3drealms.com/gallery/4583-2/img_4316.jpg) is (http://game.chosun.com/img5/remedysam.jpg) the (http://www.mariamus.dk/mystuff/022_22b.jpg) real Max Payne! GRRRRRRRRR!!! :tinyted::tinyted::tinyted:

[Hudson]

No, THIS (http://www.3drealms.com/gallery/4583-2/img_4316.jpg) is (http://game.chosun.com/img5/remedysam.jpg) the (http://www.mariamus.dk/mystuff/022_22b.jpg) real Max Payne! GRRRRRRRRR!!! :tinyted::tinyted::tinyted:

Indeed.

[Luke Morgan-Rowe]

I'll be the first to mention Nigel Billing (http://www.payneandredemption.com/Payne&RedemptionOneSheetPoster600.jpg), then!

Luke Morgan-Rowe,
Producer.
Max Payne: Payne & Redemption.

[Zom-B]

I'll be the first to mention Nigel Billing (http://www.payneandredemption.com/Payne&RedemptionOneSheetPoster600.jpg), then!

Luke Morgan-Rowe,
Producer.
Max Payne: Payne & Redemption.

Nobody's seen Payne & Redemption yet, so we don't know :p

[Joe Siegler]

http://movies.ign.com/articles/831/831652p1.html

Could there be movement after all this time?

Disclaimer: This info doesn't come from any inside source I might have, I found it on a Google search.

[Altered Reality]

I hope it's true.

[Luke Morgan-Rowe]

Nobody's seen Payne & Redemption yet, so we don't know :p

You've seen Nigel Billing now (http://www.payneandredemption.com/blog/static.php?page=teasertrailer2), though. :p

We're releasing a new poster soon, so you never know, you might even get to see him PROPERLY!

Luke Morgan-Rowe,
Producer.

[Unbeholder]

loook all of these are the real max payne and mona...

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/52/32/28/mp2_ph12.jpg

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/52/32/28/mp2_ph11.jpg

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/52/32/28/mp2_ph13.jpg

[Unbeholder]

this is the real max payne and mona actors that did the real live shots which then where artisticlly drawn by the max payne game creators... why not just use these actors ... look at them they are exactley like max and mona

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/52/32/28/mp2_ph10.jpg

[maxey]

Marc Wahlberg is in the talk to play Max Payne in the movie.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975641.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

[StratonAce]

OMG! :doh:

[Joe Siegler]

At this point, I'm just excited it's actually being MADE. :)

[StratonAce]

At this point, I'm just excited it's actually being MADE. :)

This is true. It's just weird as I see Sam everyday. Wahlberg looks nothing like him. Timothy Olyphant is the closest guy in Hollywood to the look of Max or Sam...
http://www.staciwilson.com/Dreamcatcher/Timothy_Olyphant2a.jpg

http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/stars/timothy_olyphant.jpg

http://www.shakefire.com/frivolous/Timothyolyphant1.jpg

But that's just me. ;)

[hiob]

I actually don't care if the actor looks like Max Payne, it's the actors performance I'm interested in and I think Mark Wahlberg is a good choice.

[Zom-B]

Marc Wahlberg

:doh:

Oh dear. It's going to be one of those "Out of curiosity" movies for me.

[ADM]

Actually I think he'd be quite good in the role personally. Lets see how it goes anyway.

[Damien_Azreal]

This is true. It's just weird as I see Sam everyday. Wahlberg looks nothing like him. Timothy Olyphant is the closest guy in Hollywood to the look of Max or Sam...

But that's just me. ;)

I've always thought Olyphant would make a great Max Payne. And he knows how to do video game to movie type films, just finished Hitman.

[LordAlex]

I would want Sam but he dosent have the voice......but this guy that DID Max Payne's Voice, His name is James McCaffery.....any resemblence.

[Zom-B]

I've never actually heard Sam Lake's voice, but i'm guessing he has a thick Finnish accent? McCaffery is a good enough actor, plus he has the voice, so yeah he'd probably be the best choice.

[LordAlex]

If there was only a face transplant somewhere.......

[Unbeholder]

so this is how it ends for max payne series.......

http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/23382/20070921032242/www.variety.com/graphics/photos/_mugw/wahlberg_mark.jpg

the face of evil... max payne is ruined oready and it hasnt even began production.. this is like Hitman.. two good series crippled by bad movies.

Hitman hasnt been released yet but i have a feeling its gonna stink like every other series

The only good Video game to movie transition is Silent Hill... but who knows maybe well get another good one

[andersenthemuss]

Silent hill? what the hell... that movie sucked big time man!

And Hitman is so much going to rule!
Wahlberg is an great actor and can act almost anything, so i think he will do good in this movie.

[StratonAce]

I do agree that Wahlberg is a good actor. I've enjoyed almost all of the movies he's been a part of. And he is definitely a BIG Hollywood name, so of course we should be happy he's interested in the doing the part. I just had my own selfish wishes that the title role would be someone a bit closer to the look of Max Payne. In the end it could always be much, much worse. We could have Pauly Shore or Jean-Claude Van Damme as Max. ;)

The next question is, how do you think they'll do the bullet-time? Will they go the Matrix route or try to do something completely different or will they include it at all? Discuss among yourselves. he he.

[Altered Reality]

The next question is, how do you think they'll do the bullet-time? Will they go the Matrix route or try to do something completely different or will they include it at all?
IMHO, the Max Payne movie will not have bullet time.

[Maddieman]

I'd hope there is Bullet-Time in the film, as far the games go, it was sort of Max's thing. Unfortunately it might dig up the whole 'who really created Bullet-Time™ debate?' again - especially with Warner Bros now owning it.

.....but this guy that DID Max Payne's Voice, His name is James McCaffery.....any resemblence.

Not much, but I saw him in L&O: Criminal Intent the other night and he was outstanding - put in very intense performance. If it wasn't for the fact that the likeness to Max is slim at best, he'd be my number one choice.

[Hudson]

I wouldn't mind Mark Wahlberg playing Max

[LordAlex]

Max Payne is big shoes to fill, even for an actor like Mark. Mark is a great actor,

no doubt. But Max Payne is a "Bogart" Type of guy. Mark is more of a fast

approach, "Got Something to live for". Lets not forget he has to get the looks

and Voice down to make it good. Not one for one, but related voice and look.

If you think about it, there is no good actor for Max Payne. But i think Mark is

a good choice and will prolly try his best.

P.S Lets not forget the last time he messed with video games(See the attachment)

[Phait]

Hmm

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8023/thedeparted200609081110ee1.th.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedeparted200609081110ee1.jpg) http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4012/thedeparted200609081110tq6.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedeparted200609081110tq6.jpg)

[Sang]

this is the real max payne and mona actors that did the real live shots which then where artisticlly drawn by the max payne game creators... why not just use these actors ... look at them they are exactley like max and mona

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

edit: Oh and I must add - no bullet time in the movie plz. It was in the game because it was cool BACK THEN, and it was essential to good gameplay. The movie would be all about the story though (I hope).. And I generally find that bullet time makes action sequences in movies seem so lame, you know? When it's all in normal speed you really get that feeling of chaos.

[The Baskinator]

I think Wahlberg is a great choice. I love me some Mark Wahlberg.

[Damien_Azreal]

Hmm

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8023/thedeparted200609081110ee1.th.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedeparted200609081110ee1.jpg) http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4012/thedeparted200609081110tq6.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedeparted200609081110tq6.jpg)

Thank you Phait. I was thinking the same thing.

Mark may not look the part like a few other actors mentioned in this thread (I still stick with Timothy Olyphant) but he is a good actor. And the Departed showed he can do gritty, violence well.

As long as the story is good, sticks close to the games and is a well made action/noir film... I'll love it.

[Dr. Kill]

Marc Wahlberg is in the talk to play Max Payne in the movie.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975641.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Heard about this on Gamespot. I absoluted HATED his earlier stuff, but then he quit playing a pretty boy, and did Four Brothers, The Departed, and We Own the Night, which were all great, imo. I'm actually a fan, now. They finally started giving him good, serious roles, and he reminds me of Ray Liotta. I think he could pull Max Payne off, and I hope he gets the role. Now let's just hope it is directed as a film noir, and not a "videogame film". ;)

[FullMetalJacket]

Mark may not look the part like a few other actors mentioned in this thread (I still stick with Timothy Olyphant) but he is a good actor. And the Departed showed he can do gritty, violence well.


Don't forget about Shooter!! He was perfect in that film.

[Dr. Kill]

Don't forget about Shooter!! He was perfect in that film.

That was one of those movies I wanted to see, but didn't get a chance to. Right now there are 3 movies out I want to see, but I don't know if I'll have the time to see them all. :(

[Parkar]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

edit: Oh and I must add - no bullet time in the movie plz. It was in the game because it was cool BACK THEN, and it was essential to good gameplay. The movie would be all about the story though (I hope).. And I generally find that bullet time makes action sequences in movies seem so lame, you know? When it's all in normal speed you really get that feeling of chaos.

Just regular John Woo style slow motion would fit if you ask me.

[big fat lazy]

Oh God, anybody but Mark Wahlberg. ANYBODY.

[Damien_Azreal]

Don't forget about Shooter!! He was perfect in that film.

Yes, shooter was a great film... loved it.

[alexgk]

Can't say nothing more than: YEAAAAHHHHH!

[Dr. Kill]

I gotta say The Departed gave me respect for not only Wahlberg, but also DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. Goin into the movie, I was wishy washy, but they all pulled it off quite well.

[Steve]

Wahlberg is a pretty darn good actor. I don't mind for him to be Max :)

[The Baskinator]

My only issue is that he's a little short. But that sort of makes him all the better for an underdog anti-hero type, I guess.

I just like my Maxes tall, I think. Personal preference. :p

[Bludd]

Max Payne isn't all about looks, he's also about attitude and the pessimism/cynicism. I think Mark Wahlberg can pull it off; after all he was great in the Departed.

[The Baskinator]

WELL TO BE FAIR, it is mostly about looks for me. :D

[Bludd]

But then again, you are a shallow human being. :cool:

[Damien_Azreal]

If this movie isn't rated R I will be so damn pissed. :p

[Dr. Kill]

If this movie isn't rated R I will be so damn pissed. :p

Hitman was gonna get wussed out, but thankfully they changed their minds. ;)

They were gonna have the guy who butc... I mean "edited" Die Hard 4 do the same to Hitman. Die Hard 4 had NO BUSINESS being PG-13. The first three were R rated, and if parents really went by the ratings, the kid would be able to see part 4 but not the first three. :doh: Doesn't make sense! John couldn't even say his famous line. :(

Max better be R rated!

[Morry]

For the looks, I would have gone for Clive Owen or Timothy Olyphant. Wahlberg however, does have the potential to pull of a good job.

[Telee]

John couldn't even say his famous line. :(

I thought he did?

Glad to see a Max movie possibly going into production btw.

[Damien_Azreal]

John said it....

At the end of the film, the bad guy is holding John with a gun held to his chest... John grabs the gun and shoots Timothy's character through himself.
As he shoots he says it... with the gunshot almost covering up the Motherf**ker part.

But that belongs in a different thread.

[Mr.Fibbles]

I can see Marky Mark as Max Payne. . .
Throw a coat on him and if you get a good hair dresser, you got it. The only thing is Mark doesn't have that constipated look, but that can be fixed. :p

[Damien_Azreal]

Give Mark a lot of cheese..... he'll bind himself up sooner or later. :p

[LeadBullet]

Wish they had kept the same look of Max Payne for MP2. That way the games would have been consistent and also just as I had thought at the time, if a MP movie ever happened it would probably be way later than MP2 and not use the actor who replaced the look of the original Max.

[The Baskinator]

Give Mark a lot of cheese..... he'll bind himself up sooner or later. :p

I don't know. He can look pretty constipated. He doesn't look as disgusted as Max---it's more of an angry constipation.

[Damien_Azreal]

Nice. Thanks, I needed a laugh today.

[Unbeholder]

constipation................

right

well i hope that this fellow does max proud... max payne was designed using Sami Järvi as the model for MP1 and Timothy Gibbs as the model for MP2 and James McCaffery voice.... so i don't know who we could find in real life to fit the role... cause we can't mash two people together ... I love max and to tell you the truth if we try to fill his shoes we will end up disappointed

lets stick with our fond memories of max payne 1 and 2 and pray for a 3rd

ill stilll see the movie if it comes out

[Cleric]

I love Max Payne. I love Mark W. This is a winner already.

[Talos]

So I was watching Deep Rising the other day (what an awesome movie it is! :D ) and I was thinking to myself: Hey that Treat Williams guy looks a bit like Max Payne from Max Payne 2. That movie is from 1998 though...

What do you think? He's the guy in the middle obviously ;)
http://www.anthonyheald.com/photos/deepheald.jpg

[precisedjs]

I love Max Payne. I love Mark W. This is a winner already.

AGR33D! Yay for this!

:cool:

[Karthik]

Filming starts next month (http://movies.ign.com/articles/849/849068p1.html)
February 1, 2008 - Max Payne, the long-awaited movie version of the best-selling third-person shooter, is gearing up to start filming soon! Academy Award-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg is set to star as the title character who wages a one-man war on crime when his wife and child are killed by thugs.

Oh dear.

[Telee]

Death Wish VI?

[Cleric]

Filming starts next month (http://movies.ign.com/articles/849/849068p1.html)


Oh dear.

I hope to God that the story is thicker than that . . .

[Joe Siegler]

http://news.filefront.com/max-payne-to-begin-filiming-soon/

[mysteryperfecta]

Looking at the people who make up the production, this movie will have to contain career-best work across the board to have any chance of quality, with one exception-- Shawn Ryan as writer, who is responsible for The Shield, which is a great show.

[avatar_58]

I forsee crap, but I see that in every video game movie. Helps avoid any disappointment.

[Damien_Azreal]

I hope to God that the story is thicker than that . . .

That's basically the summery for the story in the game as well. And the story in game was great. ;)

I'm going to keep a safe distance on this, so as to not get letdown... but this could also deliver in things work out right.

[Michelangelo]

I don't know why some people are bitching about this Mark Walhberg is an excellent actor and getting him too do it wouldn't have been easy

[Damien_Azreal]

Walhberg is an awesome actor (minus the Planet of the Apes remake) and he's done gritty dark films before. Four Brothers and The Departed.

I see him doing well with Max Payne as a character. But it's fully up to the script and director to bring the film home. Timothy Olyphant is an extremely talented actor... but there was only so much he could do with Hitman.

Most people have accepted Mark as Max Payne, now they are being cautious over the writer and director.

[Samji]

Walhberg wouldn't be my first choice. But he's got the right expression at least and it they could have picked someone far worse. Kevin Costner, anyone?

[Damien_Azreal]

I still think Timothy Olyphant would have made a great Max, he's got the looks and is an extremely talented and diverse actor.

But I feel Mark will do just as well.

[Kev_Hectic]

Mark Walhberg sounds like an OK choice to me.

As for the movie, here's hoping that they manage to translate some of the entertaining dialog and humor of the games into the film. Though, I don't have that high of expectations for this one.

[HP]

I like the guy, great actor!

[alexgk]

I'm excited about this. happyface.

[Dopefish7590]

I hope it is great!

[Denz]

BLOOOD i want to see BLOOD

[Unbeholder]

haha at your avatar Denz... :D

anyways yes there must be blood.. and a mona sax and max sex scene. (that part is for me)

[Damien_Azreal]

We can do without a Mona/Max sex scene.

I just hope they maintain the hopeless, desperate and isolated feel of the game. Going up against impossible odds... with no chance of a happy ending.

I swear... if they put a happy ending on this I will.... be unhappy.

[Samji]

]anyways yes there must be blood.. and a mona sax and max sex scene. (that part is for me)

Presumably you mean to watch and not take part in. :p

[lethal]

i like Mark, but its the wrong guy, yet he is better than many others.

but i belive it should be mel gibson as old "mel payne" or Clive Owen.

Mark
http://www.makemeheal.com/news/images/mark-wahlberg-plastic-surgery-no.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/403121060_82cea9fcbd_o.jpg


Clive
http://chud.com/nextraimages/shootemupowne.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2615/clivepayneli6.jpg


Mel
http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/10/24/mel-gibson-nn-u-o-001.jpg http://xibo.com/images/payback.jpg http://cinesphere.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/payback.jpg


Mona?

i say Monica Bellucci!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/482045908_c1e2c6b65e_o.jpg

[Damien_Azreal]

Well since it's already cast there's no use in wishing now. Just have to hope it's a good script and good direction.

*crosses fingers*

[ryche]

http://cinesphere.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/payback.jpg


Who the hell honestly shoots like that. 1 thing that bugged me about that movie was that right there.

When I saw Denz say he wants Bloooood I thought he meant Blood the movie not blood the effect ;)


Blood the movie would be neat....but yes this movie needs blood. And the "I'm going crazy" scenes where you walked around following a path of blood in a black room tryin to get to the door...

[Cleric]

If this were being made 10 years ago (impossible), I'd say Gibson as well. But he's too old for it now. While I'd still like to see a lesser-known face in this one, I think Wahlberg will do just fine.

[Unbeholder]

Presumably you mean to watch and not take part in. :p

take part in is the wishing part.. :D

[Unbeholder]

I hear the movie is pushing for a PG 13 rating..... I smell trouble.. :(

personally i don't like Mark Wul who ever as Max payne. dosent have the charisma. seems like a stale fish to me.. ow well... i will pray for a Max Payne 3 non the less

[Joe Siegler]

According to IMDB, Natasha Alam is Mona Sax...

Pictures:

http://imdb.com/media/rm498571776/nm1647994

http://imdb.com/media/rm4097088000/nm1647994

(No I don't have any inside info on this, just going on an IMDB listing - take it with a grain of salt)

[Kalki]

I hear the movie is pushing for a PG 13 rating..... I smell trouble.. :(
I'm on the fence here, the dead bodies (despite the body count) were largely intact and there wasn't much gore in the game. Only other potential ratings issue that comes to mind is the drug use. I don't remember any overt sexiness in the first game, only the sequel.

According to IMDB, Natasha Alam is Mona Sax...

Pictures:

http://imdb.com/media/rm498571776/nm1647994

http://imdb.com/media/rm4097088000/nm1647994

(No I don't have any inside info on this, just going on an IMDB listing - take it with a grain of salt)

Not bad.

I hope they implement bullet-time with some sense unlike so many movies lately. Even the Matrix movies didn't just throw it in there, they had reasons for the characters doing it. Perhaps it could be tied in to Aesir's super-soldier efforts and Max starts doing it after they pump him full of Valkyr- a drug induced haze.

[Damien_Azreal]

While Max Payne wasn't an overly violent/gore filled/graphic game... it was an adult game that featured very mature subject matter.

The scene in the game where you see your dead baby (the dream sequence when it, while dead, moves it's arm). Holding your dead wife.
Killing hundreds of gun totting thugs and so on and on.

But Max Payne was also an adult game content wise by both story, depiction and language. Both games (second more than first) used a lot of profanity, were very dark and depressing, featured lots of drug use and abuse and very strong sexual themes.

I don't see Max Payne being able to work as a PG-13 movie. Just don't.

But I would like to see the source where Unbeholder got his rumored info about it being PG-13. So much crap circulates around the net that you can't really take everything seriously and hold it to truth. As Joe said above... take it with a grain of salt.

[Kalki]

I see. I'm never sure about what ratings criteria are because they're never elaborated on. Besides, I do need to replay the game as my memory of it has faded. :)

Incidentally The Departed, also starring Wahlberg was rated R.

[Morry]

Seeing how bullet time was such an important part to the game, I'm interested to see how they implement it in the movie. My preferred version would be to have slow motion parts to the gun battles, such as in The Matrix Lobby scene. Bullet air trails would be a bit too much, though.

[Karthik]

According to IMDB, Natasha Alam is Mona Sax...

Pictures:

http://imdb.com/media/rm498571776/nm1647994

http://imdb.com/media/rm4097088000/nm1647994

(No I don't have any inside info on this, just going on an IMDB listing - take it with a grain of salt)
Wow, Eastern European. There's a bunch of them in my uni as well and gawd are they HAWT.

[ryche]

I hope they implement bullet-time with some sense unlike so many movies lately. Even the Matrix movies didn't just throw it in there, they had reasons for the characters doing it.

I thought that more true for the first one than the sequels. In the sequels it seemed they just went into bullet-time for no reason a lot. Like for example when Neo is fighting the Horde. All the orcs came rushing in...no wait that wasn't what it was. Neo was fighting a horde of Agent Smiths and throughout the fight it kept going into slow-mo for what? Some parts ok maybe but a lot of it could've been done without it. I thought the bullet-time was to show him moving faster than a bullet however it seemed like in the sequels more to slow down the action like an old day tv show, something like the A-Team when a bad guy goes flying out of a window. Anyway enough of my rant...

:)

I just hope the bullet-time in this is done more like the game allows than just to slow down the action and extend the scene by a few million dollars and 2 seconds. Also if they show him shooting & moving his arms to shot while in bullet-time I sure hope that they don't exaggerate him shotting at the bad guys but make it subtle his changing of aim to allow him to shoot more people than otherwise allowed like in the game but not like crazy fast movement that otherwise would be like "Who does he think he is? Neo?" :)

[Commando Nukem]

I just hope the bullet-time in this is done more like the game allows than just to slow down the action and extend the scene by a few million dollars and 2 seconds. Also if they show him shooting & moving his arms to shot while in bullet-time I sure hope that they don't exaggerate him shotting at the bad guys but make it subtle his changing of aim to allow him to shoot more people than otherwise allowed like in the game but not like crazy fast movement that otherwise would be like "Who does he think he is? Neo?" :)

To me the best way for them to handle the bullet time CRAP is to not really do it at all. (let me explain) It was cool in the game, its generally lame as hell in movies... ESPECIALLY RANDOM SLOW DOWNS. Best slow down in any movie = Terminator 2 during the Mall encounter.

But, like I was saying, I hope they'd treat it with some subtlety,like say the slowdown scene in Die Hard 2 : Die Harder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIxE5qYvJTI

Bits like the death at 1:28 and when Mcclane is rolling on the ground is how I would have "bullet time" behave in the movie. Make the viewer feel like the character is merely feeling an adrenaline rush during a big fire fight. The highlight example being around 2:33 to 2:52 where in the speed goes up and down through out the scene. For John the situation is moving slower, for the two attackers things are going faster.

Action scenes like that, and HEAT and other movies of that variety (psuedo realism with a lot of suspense) are the kinds of action scene I hope to see.

[biXen]

PG13... we can rule out boobies then. But people getting shot in the head by shotguns will be slightly less graphical :D

[Unbeholder]

But I would like to see the source where Unbeholder got his rumored info about it being PG-13. So much crap circulates around the net that you can't really take everything seriously and hold it to truth. As Joe said above... take it with a grain of salt.

Joe wasn't talking about the PG 13 thing.. he was taking about Mona Sax.. the PG 13 thing you shouldnt take with a grain of salt because its most likely going to happen, if the producers are pushing for a PG 13 then its obvious its going to happen... you don't push for something like that unless you really want to.

a source? gladly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne

go down to this part "It is reportedly stated that the movie is attempting to go for a PG-13

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They said this one had a PG-13 mandate and would not be released as an R, I stopped caring. Seriously, PG-13? Is that even possible with the source material? I was sort of expecting something along the lines of Shoot 'Em Up meets Sin City (both hard R rated movies).

[Karthik]

Didn't Raiders of the Lost Ark have head shots, impalement, stabbing, blood splatter and melting face but still ending up with a PG13? Even Killer Clowns from Outer Space had heads detaching from the body and still getting PG13.

[Parkar]

I really hope they don't use bullet time in a sense as if Max is some kind of super human. I think the whole idea to use it in Max comes form the way it's used in John Woo movies. And then from there it was built as a game play feature to help the player take on more without giving him tons of health or something else like that.

Either they should not use it at all or just subtly in specific moments where it looks cool. The thing they should really focus on is the characters, mood and story. Not necessarily make it exactly like the game but try and get the same vibe.

[Cleric]

a source? gladly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne

go down to this part "It is reportedly stated that the movie is attempting to go for a PG-13

Yeah, but it's also a wiki entry, which isn't always terribly accurate :p

[evanazzo]

even if they go with an R rating in Canada it would be 14A

[Damien_Azreal]

Joe wasn't talking about the PG 13 thing.. he was taking about Mona Sax.. the PG 13 thing you shouldnt take with a grain of salt because its most likely going to happen, if the producers are pushing for a PG 13 then its obvious its going to happen... you don't push for something like that unless you really want to.

a source? gladly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne

go down to this part "It is reportedly stated that the movie is attempting to go for a PG-13


I never said Joe said anything about a PG-13 rating, I stated you said it. I just said that as Joe said about the actress... everything about the film right now should be taking with a grain of salt. As we have very little official information.

And I'm not gonna quote a Wiki page as a reliable source just yet. As something that can be edited by anyone, somebody could have simply posted a rumor they heard.

[Unbeholder]

everything about the film right now should be taking with a grain of salt. As we have very little official information.

And I'm not gonna quote a Wiki page as a reliable source just yet. As something that can be edited by anyone, somebody could have simply posted a rumor they heard.

Little information yes. but enough to get me pissed off that its probably going to be PG-13 :(

I found out about this information on a issue of Gamepro ...
"It is reportedly stated that the movie is attempting to go for a PG-13 rating " - Gamepro, Issue #234, March 2008 -- on page 30.
it was reported on the producers dealings, i think its official enough.

the Wiki is how it got that information, its the closest to a link , plus theres about 10 other sites which are talking about it.. alot of people are pissed of not just me that Max payne is going to be PG 13.. its no rumor i asure you of that. Its still possible that the producers could change their mind at this point obviously, i still have hope but i tell you its looking bleak at the moment.

[Kalki]

I thought that more true for the first one than the sequels. In the sequels it seemed they just went into bullet-time for no reason a lot. Like for example when Neo is fighting the Horde. All the orcs came rushing in...no wait that wasn't what it was. Neo was fighting a horde of Agent Smiths and throughout the fight it kept going into slow-mo for what? Some parts ok maybe but a lot of it could've been done without it. I thought the bullet-time was to show him moving faster than a bullet however it seemed like in the sequels more to slow down the action like an old day tv show, something like the A-Team when a bad guy goes flying out of a window. Anyway enough of my rant...

:)

Max Payne isn't set in a virtual world where you can bend the artificial rules of physics, that's what I meant there. So unless a subplot of Max using Valkyr sets the introduction of the surreality of bullet-time, it doesn't really fit in his world.

In the game it was just something Max could do with no explanation or grounding, unless you count the "this is just a game" 3rd wall breakage. The true purpose was one of style, which has been done to death in movies anyway. Anyone remember the slow-mo facehuggers from the AvP movie?

I just hope the bullet-time in this is done more like the game allows than just to slow down the action and extend the scene by a few million dollars and 2 seconds.
What is the estimated budget for this movie? Any word?

[thelastdisciple]

Right now i am so on the fence about whether or not Bullet-time should be included in this movie like i don't know if it'll be utilized right, just as others have said already about Max not having any kind of super power or anything to be able to dodge in slow-mo. Yes i do feel some camera shots AWAY from Max like following a bullet that is about to rip some dude a new one in slow motion perhaps would do just fine, we don't need to see another Neo here so i do agree with many points already brought up.

[Zom-B]

PG13... we can rule out boobies then. But people getting shot in the head by shotguns will be slightly less graphical :D

Facepalm. Who are they trying to please here, kids? The game was rated 15 / Mature!

..First my Die Hard, now my Max Payne? Damn you Hollywood. :mad:

[ryche]

Max Payne isn't set in a virtual world where you can bend the artificial rules of physics, that's what I meant there.

Ah.

I hope it's rated high enough to be allowed to shine as the game did. :)

[Mariamus]

I think Max Payne's bullettime was meant to emulate an adrenalin rush, so, nothing superhuman about it.

[KaiserSoze]

First pic of Wahlberg as Max Payne:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6698/mark2oh4.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mark2oh4.jpg)

[Cleric]

I don't know about the hair, but his face looks about right. I like the fact that there's snow falling . . .at least we know the setting will stay the same.

[Mariamus]

*does a little dance around the room*
Wootwootwooot!
*sees people staring.*
eh... nothing to see here. move along dammit!

[Luke Morgan-Rowe]

I don't know about the hair, but his face looks about right. I like the fact that there's snow falling . . .at least we know the setting will stay the same.

That would be rain, dear boy...

http://www.payneandredemption.com/markwahlberg.jpg

And a black shirt and tie on Max, nonetheless.

Luke.

[Cleric]

Damnit, I thought it was snow. We've been getting so much of it here in Buffalo that I'm starting to see it everywhere.

[Damien_Azreal]

Mark looks awesome as Max.

And I don't care if they did snow or rain, as long as it's one or the other and it's constant for the whole film. And the film is dark... both in feel and visuals.

[Kennerado]

Too bad he does not have the right voice.

Kind of a lame casting choice.

[Samji]

Michael Madsen would have been good. He's got the downtrodden, nothing to lose look.
And I reckon he could sound like Max too.

[Cleric]

^I agree, but he's kind of getting up there age-wise, so I don't know.

[Samji]

He's 49. He's hardly got a walking stick. Besides the strain of a painful life, chugging back on painkillers, has made Max age some what prematurely. :p

[Morry]

Mila Kunis will be playing the part of Mona Sax (Link (http://www.variety.com/VR1117982100.html))

Interesting choice, let's see how it turns out.

[big fat lazy]

First pic of Wahlberg as Max Payne:


Needs more constipation.

[ryche]

Mila Kunis will be playing the part of Mona Sax (Link (http://www.variety.com/VR1117982100.html))

Interesting choice, let's see how it turns out.

Hmm...we shall see.

[Damien_Azreal]

According to IMDB, Natasha Alam is Mona Sax...

Pictures:

http://imdb.com/media/rm498571776/nm1647994

http://imdb.com/media/rm4097088000/nm1647994

(No I don't have any inside info on this, just going on an IMDB listing - take it with a grain of salt)

According to a article at Filefront.... IMDB's listing is wrong.

http://news.filefront.com/mila-kunis-joins-max-payne-line-up/

Mila Kunis is set to play the female assassin working with Max to avenge her sister. ;)

[Cleric]

Isn't she a bit young? I don't even think I've seen her in any movies . . .

[sawn_off]

Or a drama, for that matter.....

Shot of Mark's... uh... nothing special. He's just sitting on set, and I hope that's not his outfit for the film....

[Cleric]

My guess is a funeral, what with all the black. But who would wear leather to their wife's funeral? Maybe Alex will make an appearance . . .

[ADM]

I would love to see the hawaiian shirt make a comeback. I'm not too fond of Mila as a actress choice for Mona.

She's a good actress and I really like her but damn her voice doesn't suit the role in any way.

[theHunted]

Damn, dear god please let this turn out as a serious movie. I dont want this to be your average "for computer-geeks only" movie like almost all of the other game based movies lately. Anyways those first pictures really get me excited about this.

Edit: Yeah, it definately needs the hawaiian shirt.

[Karthik]

So whose idea was it to give Max Payne to 20th Century Fox?

[Samji]

I wonder if Sam Lake will make a cameo?

[Samji]

So whose idea was it to give Max Payne to 20th Century Fox?

I first heard Mirimax owned the original film rights. They are owned by Disney.
If its true they ever had the film rights, they must have sold them to Fox.

[Morry]

I would be devastated if they don't include the theme music, that's one part they should leave as is.

[Joe Siegler]

So whose idea was it to give Max Payne to 20th Century Fox?

Take 2. They own the franchise.

[Morry]

Take 2. They own the franchise.
Do they still let you guys know what they're doing with the series or is it all "hush hush"?

Update:
For those in the Toronto area, we could use your help! These are apparently the shooting locations.
* Bay St., between Wellington St. and King St., will be closed on March 24th from 3 a.m. to 11 p.m.
* Yonge St., between Wellington St. and King St., will be closed on March 15th from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
* Yonge St., between Wellington St. and King St., will be closed from March 16th at 6 a.m. to March 17th at 6 a.m.
* King St., between Yonge St. and Bay St., will be closed on March 16th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

[Morry]

Chris O'Donnell filming in Toronto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6xCRRLkB_U

[ryche]

Man I was hoping for snow in the movie not rain...

[ryche]

I would love to see the hawaiian shirt make a comeback. I'm not too fond of Mila as a actress choice for Mona.

She's a good actress and I really like her but damn her voice doesn't suit the role in any way.

Ditto! :D

[Kennerado]

So who is O'Donnell playing? Alex? BB?

[Karthik]

Looks like it's BB. Backstabbing....you know the rest.

[ADM]

So who is O'Donnell playing? Alex? BB?
Not known yet.

[theHunted]

Chris O'Donnell filming in Toronto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6xCRRLkB_U

It kind of amazes me how the internet is still changing the world. Now you have cell-phone captures of film shootings sent around the globe for everyone to watch. Never seen that before.

[Karthik]

Yeah, I guess it's gonna be very difficult for film makers to film a movie on location without being monitored quietly by camera phone bystanders.

[Damien_Azreal]

To quote Vampire Bloodlines.... "We live in the age of camera cellphones... f**k ups aint allowed."

;)

[Cleric]

Chris O'Donnell, eh? He's been pretty quit lately, hasn't he? I guess those Batman movies didn't help him out too much :doh:

[YicklePigeon]

I look at this and I think "when this film is released, it's going to be terrible and those that know I like Max Payne will get it for me on DVD for Christmas/birthday at some point. Still, that makes it easier for me to put the future DVDs aflame without me having to pay good money for it".

Or whatever format it'll come on. Suffice to say, although I'm just one person and that's not going to make any real difference to the $ side of things upon release, this is one film I won't be seeing.

(Remember....Doom...anyone?)

With regards,

Yickle.

[Damien_Azreal]

It's a little early to be signing off on it just yet.

Yes, things look a little meh right now. But we're going by rumors right now... nothing other than some casting has been confirmed. Give it time.

[Telee]

Doom is way different. Max's story has the potential to be a great film - Doom, on the other hand, is one of the worst possible choices you could make for a good story.

Still, I'll agree with you on the fact that I'm not getting my hopes up right now.

[Damien_Azreal]

Yeah, doing a movie based on Doom and hoping for a good story driven horror/action experience.... not gonna happen.

Hitman was a better game to movie transition... it was actually watchable and enjoyable. But still had some flaws. Max on the other lends itself to film extremely well. I personally can't wait to see some actual video footage.