We’re a little surprised this didn’t happen sooner or wasn’t part of the ginormous Warner Bros. marketing machine for “Inception,” but speaking at a press conference in Rome as the film opens in Italy, Christopher Nolan revealed “one thing we are looking at doing is developing a video game based on the world of the film, which has all kinds of ideas that you can’t fit into a feature film.”
Well, there was a (fairly tedious) video game of sorts on one of the sites for the film prior to the release. You might recall, the last trailer for the film was initially only available if you navigated the world and entered the virtual theater to watch it. A dream world setting and reality bending physics certainly lend itself to a video game, but we can’t say we’re terribly excited. Video games based on movies generally suck.
That said, maybe they’ll take the time to get it right as it’s something that Nolan sees happening in the distant future. “That’s something we’ve been talking about and are looking at doing long-term, in a couple of years.” So by time the game comes out, we figure the PS5 and Wii3 will just be hitting the market. No word yet if you’ll have to be asleep to play the game.
“Inception” continues to be a box office juggernaut more than two months after its release. Still ranking in the top 10, the film has pulled in over $750 million worldwide and counting. [Variety]