The action video game El Paso, Elsewhere will have the rights to its cinematic adaptation. Released in 2023, this third-person shooter developed by Strange Scaffold is inspired by the games.Earthquake“,”Hotline Miami” and especially “Max Payne,” which already had the honor of a 2008 Mark Wahlberg-starrer film adaptation.
What is “El Paso, Elsewhere”?
American actor Lakeith Stanfield, seen in Atlanta, Get Out and Haunted Mansion, is currently in talks to play the lead role in this film, which combines John Wick and Blade. He will play James Savage, a drug-addicted vampire hunter looking for his ex-lover, Dracula, a vampire determined to end the world. While fighting supernatural creatures, he will have to rescue hostages in the hotel where Dracula lives.
This retro game, whose graphics are reminiscent of PC games from the early 2000s, has been nominated for many awards, including the New York Game Awards and the DICE Awards.
The actor, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2021 for “Judas and the Black Messiah,” will also produce alongside Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, the Sniper Shooter and Transformers franchise producer, and Colin Stark.
It’s clear that the recent success of the film adaptation of the horror game Five Nights at Freddy’s has piqued the interest of producers and made them want to explore the world of video games further.
No release date has yet been announced for this horror-action feature film. Lake Stanfield She is also expected to be on the set of Play Dirty, a thriller directed by Shane Black in which she stars Mark WahlbergRosa Salazar and Dermot Mulroney.
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