The relatively young CBS Films has bought the rights to the franchise and this film will be based specifically around 2011′s Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which was a prequel to the 2000 original.
There is a chance that producers Roy Lee (The Departed, The Woman in Black) and Adrian Askarieh – who is behind many other videogame adaptations including the previous Hitman and the upcoming Just Cause and Kane & Lynch – can break the mold with a worthy feature.
Working closely with Square Enix and Eidos-Montreal, it’s interesting to see CBS Films expand into more blockbuster territory. Faster and The Mechanic didn’t exactly light up the box-office or critics, but they’ve got two highly promising fall features, Martin McDonagh‘s In Bruges follow-up Seven Psychopaths and Coens-scripted Gambit.
There is a chance that producers Roy Lee (The Departed, The Woman in Black) and Adrian Askarieh – who is behind many other videogame adaptations including the previous Hitman and the upcoming Just Cause and Kane & Lynch – can break the mold with a worthy feature.
Working closely with Square Enix and Eidos-Montreal, it’s interesting to see CBS Films expand into more blockbuster territory. Faster and The Mechanic didn’t exactly light up the box-office or critics, but they’ve got two highly promising fall features, Martin McDonagh‘s In Bruges follow-up Seven Psychopaths and Coens-scripted Gambit.