January 22^nd, 2003 (12:00am) - A dream has come true for Metroid fans all across the globe. Our favorite heroine, Samus Aran, is making her way to the silver screen. Variety has revealed that Warren Zide and Craig Perry, who are known for their involvement with teen blockbusters Final Destination and American Pie, are looking for writers and actors for this Metroid movie.

There are a few preliminary details already revealed for this Metroid movie, and they are about the game’s story. Similar to that of the Metroid games, the Metroid movie will take place in a once peaceful galaxy, which will soon be set off course with the startling discovery of the Metroid species. A survey crew discovers the Metroids while on a routine mapping expedition of an alien planet (most likely the Metroid home planet SR388), unfortunately for them they soon learn that the Metroid species is a dangerous one, consuming the life energy of their victims and thus multiplying in great numbers. This is where Samus Aran comes in, the Galactic Federation hires her to exterminate these Metroids, but to the surprise of Samus the ones responsible for the death of her parents, the evil Space Pirates, are plotting to breed an unstoppable army of Metroids to rule the galaxy.

My Thoughts:

I’m a huge Metroid fan, it’s my favorite of all video game series and the game series that made me the gamer that I am today, so it’s a given that I’m more than excited about the making of this movie. Right now, I’m imagining of how the movie could be, of course I could just be over hyping this game already since most game to movie transitions suck, but hey…it’s nice to dream. Hopefully, for Metroid fans this movie’s storyline won’t be as simple as it sounds, I’m hoping for some Chozo Lore like history and the explanation on why Samus has a vendetta against the Space Pirates, and all these other cool little fanboy dreams of mine. Though, lot’s of times video game licenses get picked up by film studios and in the end nothing happens (Max Payne, Perfect Dark TV show, etc…) so I’m hoping Metroid the movie doesn’t just stay as a “paper” project.