Doom makes its way from the computer monitor to the big screen as a thrilling science-fiction horror action adventure.
"Doom," the landmark videogame that electrified a generation, leaps from the computer screen to the big screen as a terrifying sci-fi horror action adventure, transporting audiences to a dark and disturbing future with all the excitement and horror that made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon.
"Doom" is an action film based on a video game, but unlike most game films, this is very violent and bloody. As avid gamers and "Doom" fans themselves, "Doom" movie producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and John Wells were committed to creating a unique cinematic experience that held true to the feel and spirit of the game.
“The most important thing was to be true to the essence and the core of it,” says di Bonaventura. “But the real challenge was to try and come up with a story that non-gamers would appreciate just as much.”
“The game itself is very cinematic and very scary,” comments Wells. “You enter this world in a subjective manner, in the first person, and walk through these corridors and around corners, where terrifying demons can jump out at you at any second.
Even though it’s a computer screen in front of you, the best way to play "Doom" is to turn the lights down low, close the curtains and scare yourself half to death. Both Lorenzo and I thought that would translate very well into a film.”
With the game series as the basis for the film, di Bonaventura and Wells brought together a group of the property gatekeepers who could bring the world of "Doom" to life as it never had been before—beginning with id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead and the game’s architects John Carmack, Kevin Cloud and Tim Willits. “We looked to id to be our guide,” di Bonaventura recalls.
“We weren’t looking for the film to be exactly the type of story we had,” id’s Hollenshead adds. “We wanted the movie to have something that was new, that would be interesting and exciting to fans—with a bit of the unexpected in there—but still be true to the feel of playing the videogame.”
Dooms directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak is currently playing in theatres, starring Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Raz Adoti, and The Rock.
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