Christophe Gans, director of the 2006 Silent Hill film, was lately interviewed by France’s Film and Sport (opens in new tab). Although Gans was not concerned in 2012’s Silent Hill: Revelations, he beforehand claimed to be returning for an additional Silent Hill film, and advised Film and Sport that will probably be half of a bigger Silent Hill push by Konami.
Gans mentioned, through translation by Resetera consumer Angie (opens in new tab), that “there are a number of video games in growth as we converse, there are a number of groups on it, with an enormous line of video games” and that “[Konami] will revive the franchise, I feel they had been actually impressed of the success of the remakes of Resident Evil which can be evidently distinctive video games.”
When the interviewer brings up the rumor that Bloober Crew, the studio behind Layers of Concern and The Medium, is engaged on a remake of Silent Hill 2, (on the 17.14 mark of the interview (opens in new tab)), Gans merely nods. In response to a query about who else is engaged on these video games, he replies, “there are a number of groups.”
We have beforehand seen leaked artwork from what’s allegedly Bloober Crew’s pitch for a Silent Hill 2 remake. The studio’s CEO did not deny the rumors, saying, “We will not touch upon something we’re doing as a result of we recognize our relationship with our companions.” We have additionally seen leaked artwork from a brand new Silent Hill recreation that was rapidly hit by a copyright strike from Konami, and one thing known as Silent Hill: The Brief Message has appeared on a Korean score web site.
Indie writer Annapurna Interactive has reportedly been in talks with Konami, and, maybe fueled by wishful considering, some followers are satisfied members of Crew Silent who labored on the unique video games like composer/sound designer Akira Yamaoka and Masahiro Ito and artwork director and monster designer Masahiro Ito are additionally concerned in a brand new Silent Hill mission.
With reference to his personal return to Silent Hill, Gans mentioned, “On this second film, I am going to attempt to clarify that Silent Hill is a spot that owes as a lot to the creatures that reside there as what we mission in town. So I am going to enter into one thing far more psychological and far more psychoanalytic as a way to attempt to make folks perceive that Silent Hill is not solely this unusual labyrinth that adjustments its kind but additionally the projection of tortured and tormented souls and typically of extraordinarily paradoxical emotions that may be between mad love and violence.”
Gans beforehand directed Brotherhood of the Wolf, a enjoyable martial arts/motion/horror film set within the 18th century and that includes some wonderful tricorn hats. If he has to direct one other videogame adaptation, I reckon he’d be a a lot better match for a Bloodborne film myself.