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PlayStation 2 classic finally getting the revival we never saw coming

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Published 15:53 9 Jan 2025 GMT

PlayStation 2 classic finally getting the revival we never saw coming

Everyone was certain this project had been cancelled

Lewis Parker

Lewis Parker

A PlayStation 2 classic is finally about to receive some much-deserved love in a new adaptation, 10 years after news of the project first hit the internet.

Thank you in advance to Total Film’s Fay Watson for the English-translated quotes!

Andy Muschietti, the director behind It, It Chapter Two and The Flash, has just revealed to the Argentinian outlet Radio TU that his Shadow of the Colossus film adaptation is still very much alive and kicking.

"I'm not a big gamer, but Shadow of the Colossus seems like a masterpiece to me and I've played it several times," stated Muschietti (as transcribed by ReConectados). "The film has been in development for 10 years and now the possibility of making it opens up."

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"I love that film, there is a script that I like a lot, but there are factors that have nothing to do with your hobby and desire to make it, but with how popular an intellectual property like this is."

So, in short, Muschietti still wants to make the film and he has a script ready to go - but the issue is whether or not a project like this would be popular enough to receive the budget required to do it justice.

"Shadow of the Colossus is a cult game, but to make a good film there is a studio that puts the numbers and says how much it is worth to give the director 200, 150, or 100 million dollars,” he continued, “...I want them to give me 200 million, but this is another factor to take into account."

Personally, I think Shadow of the Colossus isn’t quite popular enough to garner a 200 million dollar budget.

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According to Dan Alder over on Levvel, the 2018 remake of the game has sold, at minimum, 1.2 million copies.

A success, most definitely, but enough of a success for a studio to risk pouring 200 million into an adaptation? I don’t see it, myself.

I would however love to be proven wrong, because I think a Shadow of the Colossus film would need every penny of that budget. We’ll just have to wait and see if a studio wants to pick the film up somewhere down the line.

Featured Image Credit: Sony

Topics: PlayStation, Sony

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