Although director Ben Wheatley (Rebecca, Free Fire) recently departed the upcoming Alicia Vikander-led Tomb Raider sequel due to the film’s delayed production, the filmmaker is still interested in returning to video game adaptations and has recently named two projects he would like to work on.
During a recent episode of The Playlist podcast, Wheatley revealed that he would like to adapt id Software’s first-person shooter Doom or Valve’s Counter-Strike for the big screen.
“Video games and films are so intertwined, aren’t they? It’s like because they feed backwards and forwards in terms of their referencing, it’s tricky,” Wheatley said. “And the things that you think are original about the games are from films often, and so when you take away the interactive element of it, there’s not much left to it, you know? I still want to make a Doom film, though. I know it’s been done, but come on. Or Counter-Strike, that would be the one I’d like to make.”
While Doom and Counter-Strike are dream projects for the filmmaker, Wheatley has been hired the helm the sequel to the 2018 Jason Statham-starring sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg, following his departure from the Tomb Raider sequel. Plot details and release date on The Meg sequel are currently being kept under wraps.
As for the Doom franchise, the latest instalment in the video game franchise titled Doom: Eternal, is currently available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and Google Stadia.
