Gaming News The Fortnite creator knows exactly how to make a movie about his video game
The former Epic Games CCO and Fortnite co-creator has said he wants to oversee a film based on the video game. He knows how to create the best possible adaptation of the universe and is confident that people would love him!
Surf on the road to success
That was several years ago nowa rumor about a possible Fortnite film runs on the Internet. In fact, the idea isn’t really surprising given the popularity of the franchise and its expansion outside of the video game medium through its partnerships with toy brands as well as its own trading card game. This, together with the success of recent adaptations of games for cinema or TV series, such as the film “Mario, The Last of Us” and recently “Fallout” from Amazon Prime Video, contributes to this The idea of a large-screen port of the successful battle royale germinated. When various filmmakers have already volunteered for the work, such as Louis Leterrier, director of Fast X.
The game is incredible. The characters, the universe… I mean, there’s so much more to tell. It would be fun and action-packed – Louis Leterrier (San Diego Comic Con)
During an interview for GamesRadar+ During the “Sands” International Film Festival, Donald Mustard, former commercial director of Epic Games and co-creator of Fourteen daysexplained that If there is a feature film, he would be happy to supervise it. The latter explains “I know exactly how I would do it. I think I would make the best version“. Mustard then explains that even when he was still working for Epic Games, no film project was in the drawers. “I think Fortnite as an experience is very unique to the medium it’s associated with at the moment” before adding that he “I don’t think there will be a movie, at least not anytime soon, although people would love it“.
An idea that crosses my mind
And while no project is on track to begin with, Donald Mustard admitted that he hadn’t spoken to anyone about the project when Louis Leterrier’s interest in the project was mentioned. but I definitely want to do it. In fact, the former CCO of Epic Games now works for the production company AGBO, a company founded by the Russo brothers, the directors ofAvengers: Infinity War et Endgame For example.
Mustard also stated that this was the case very happy to have joined their teambecause in his opinion “Joe and Anthony (Russo) have always had a unique storytelling style and it shows in everything they do, from Arrested Development to Community to Captain America and Avengers“. He concludes the interview by saying that he “in the early stages of developing new stories, new projects and the worlds we like to create. It’s fun and amazing for me, a dream come true to work with artists I respect and admire so much. So we’ll see what the future brings“. When nothing is certain about a feature film Fourteen days, It is certain that the idea will not be abandoned for a long time.
