You're right. I just noticed that in my post. Sorry about that! ;)

I know who he is! But I make movies... Keeps gob shut.

Actually, if my memory serves me, The Quintology were going to be movies in the first place. Lorne and Sherry worked in the movie business in the first place and why shouldn't they take Oddworld there too? I am extremely confident that the folks at OWI could make a movie, and a pretty dang good one too. As for the Halo movie, the story plays such a tiny part in what you do in the game, they'd need some help to pull together something suitable for a movie.

I think that they should do their movies by themselves, 100%. Although external help from a famous company etc. would gain publicity, Oddworld is OWI's creation and I think that they should be in charge completely and get recognition for themselves.

A simple way to solve the problem of not doing well at the box office:
Do the same as what Pixar do, get a famous company, such as Disney, New Line, WB, 20th Century Fox etc to 'Present' it. Everything would be done by OWI, but money would be pumped into by another company, and the other company would market the film and distribute it.
Oh, exactly the same as EA does for their games....

Of course OWI could do it. It doesn't need stars to do well, it needs marketing. And possibly good reviews.

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Are you talking about the one that Pixar are supposed to be making?~fuzzle guy~

No the halo movie bungie are making they have hired the writer who done the script for 28 days to help with the script this is what I suspect OWI will do.

Why do you think OWI will?

I dunno they make games it just seem's likley that a movie will be made. Any one got a link for this movie new's?, I got some if you wanna see.

I strongly believe that OWI are able to make the movies 100% on their own.
they just need some big cash to expand and have a movie studio added to the company

If Lorne feels that he needs help writing the script he will hire someone to do it, just like Chris Ulm (?) was co-writer on AE and MO.

This is not what I meant, I know Oddworld are 100% capable of making th eir own movie, but people who arent fans of the game, will look at this movie, not any any Idea what it is, and probably. not watch it, If it had stars, or a good company name on it (Dreamsworks SKG, Universal, Disney (Preferably not)) then people might go and see it.

Acually alot of people do know about Abe ("the purple guy that can fart at will") .
SO if the first Oddworld movie is going to be about Abe, there may be a market for these movie other then the people who plays the game.
Look at all the comic to movie at the moment, alot of these people who go and see Spiderman or X-men may never touched the comic who seen any of the tv series.( I know, I know that these 2 titles are more well known then Oddworld...)
Then wouldn't both Lorne and Sherry have some connection in the movie industry that could help them out??

First off all I think that they shouldn't go for a well known name on the package. Let it just be Oddworld Inhabitants. You can sell pretty much everything IF you have a good marketing strategy. So what they need to do, and ESPECIALLY WE, is to make the name famous. OWI should do some massive advertisement, get it on tv etc. THEN it is up to US (the ones who have seen the movie, and convinced that it is a very good movie) to tell everyone we know, that the oddworld movie is one of the best CG movies they have seen in the last couple of years, plus that it is a very cool movie too. Also invite some friend to go to the bios with you to see that movie. Then, after a few week we many people know about the movie, and maybe deside to watch it. Then again, if it goes well, it take the attention of the media, they will review it, and if it is a good movie it will be know to pretty much everyone in the country's.
And a good name doesn't say anything. Take the Final Fantasy movie. It didn't go well, because the movie wasn't that good. But there are many, many people who know FF the games, but they heard that it wasn't that good, so they decided to leave it alone.

If OWI can make a movie with the quality of the games (apart from munch, but that was the fault of microsoft), and I know they will, then take my word, it is gonna be famous soon enough. And without the help of a well known name on the box.

If it were dreamworks who helped out the movie would have one hell of a animation polygon storm, good for ratings!.

The day that OWI resorts to branding or pulling in “big” names for popularity will be a sorry stain in their history.

I agree, I don't want them too, but they may have to. If they were extremely popular, don't you think there would be a lot more things aroudn to do with

I agree. I really would rather OWI do this movie on their own, but they might have to hire help in order to attract more viewers. I have several friends that are gamers themselves and out of all of them, only 2 or 3 of them had ever heard of Oddworld. (Yes, I know that this is sad as they should have at least heard of the series, but they seriously hadn't ever heard of it.) So my point is just like Fuzzle Guy's. Although it wouldn't be great for us fans if OWI actually had help with this movie, it may be the only way they can get a decent amount of money out of it.

They are definately going to have to be involved with another company, if only as a distributor. Probably to finance the film as well. Just like Pixar and Disney, although hopefully they actually won't go with the spawn of Satan that is Uncle Walt's empire.

Remember, everyone now goes to see a Pixar film but back in the Toy Story days we'd never heard of them; it was just a Disney film to us.

But, if you look at the poly count in the Oddworld ingame movies, there are actually moive quality. It is already a 'animation polygon storm'.

These kids and their 'poly count' theories... Study computer imaging, get a degree then re-submit your statement. Argh.

As for the 'buddy' company helping make an Oddworld movie, that would be horrible, except for distributional purposes. Eew, Pixar making Oddworld. DreamWorks making Oddworld. Disney making Oddworld. It makes me wish to expell my bowel contents, from any oraphis. Think of those frickin' Mickey cameos- Here comes Pluto! A hyuk a hyuk! "Heya there Munch! My name is Disney Whore!".