Citizen Siege currently in active development

[Xavier]

Okay this is not big news, but I wanted you guys to be aware OWI are still working on stuff

Lorne Lanning
President, Oddworld Inhabitants

Having proven his creative and storytelling abilities over the past 12 years as co-founder, president, and creative director of Oddworld Inhabitants - Lorne has recently expanded his efforts and redirected his companies focus to launch his latest creation as not only a game, but also as a CG animated feature film that is currently in active development and he is set to direct. Lorne's stories and game concepts have always been strongly inspired by shamanistic cultures, perceptions, and community values. Citizen Siege, the motion picture and game of his latest creation, continues this inspirational trend and is being produced with his long time partner and visual effects veteran Sherry McKenna - in conjunction with John Williams, the producer of the mega successful Shrek series of films.

https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp...&V=3&id=120798

[SligStorm]

yeh I read that in my xbox 360 magazine. :P

[Xavier]

what exactly were they saying?

[Jordan]

Awesome! I wasn't sure if Sherry was helping him or not, but now I know, great find, Xav! This is gonna be great, and I always liked the Shrek films!

[looney-bin]

Hang on. Game? WOO-HOO!

[Havoc]

They Lorne wants to release games along side the films.

[Arxryl]

Yeah! Awesome! Well this is amazing! And John Williams is working on it as well? Is this the same John Williams that did the music for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, or is this a different guy?

Anyhoo......
This is great! I know we've known this for a while, but still... it's nice to know they have announced they are making a game and a movie!

[Bullet Magnet]

It's the John Williams who produced Shrek. I think he's with Vanguard.

[OANST]

The Citizen Tattler- "News you can't use".

[ziggy]

That's pretty cool to know. I wonder when CS will actually be in theaters? Maybe in 2 or 3 years? I'm still disappointed that it is with humans, because I like the cool creatures OWI make a lot. This is off topic , but when is the freakin' site gonna be updated!!!?! I forgot about it, and just remembered that they still haven't put updated it yet. Maybe when it does it could possibly have information of Citizen Seige.

[Abeguy]

yeah, the human element is kinda disappointing to me...
but eh...any news is ok news I guess

[Jordan]

I hope it's in theatres, because it might lose a lot of fans if it goes straight to DVD. It probably won't though. The only things that go straight to DVD nowadays are the cheap disney sequels and prequels that they make just for the fun of it.

[Xavier]

for money you mean...

actually OWI choosed humans so the audiance could better relate to them and their story and thus having a greater impact on peoples opinions

[moxco]

YAY, Is there a realise date?

[Xavier]

No

[Zerox]

I think we'd kn about the release date if there was one.
The fact games are to be released hopefully means they'll be good...movie tie-ins generally suck, and since OWI aren't making the game themselves, hopefully the company they trust to make it won't make it suck (as tends to be the case...good movie is made into a c*ap game). OWI better choose wisely.

[Jordan]

They aren't making the game themselves? Aw man... If that company screws it up I'll send threat letters to them, I seriously will.

[moxco]

@ xaveir how did you make a 2 letter post, mod powers on somthing?

[OANST]

YAY, Is there a realise date?

Yes. I realized that this movie would suck on September 13th 2006.

[snuzi]

@ xaveir how did you make a 2 letter post, mod powers on somthing?

Does it really matter?

[ziggy]

Yes. I realized that this movie would suck on September 13th 2006.

niiiiiiice

[Benjamin]

i've heard that if Citizen Siege goes well they might make a game out of it
i'll try to find where i got the info from...

[Wil]

Straight from the horse’s mouth, they plan to release a game alongside it. No idea if that’s going ahead now, but it may very well depend on the film’s reception.

[skillya_glowi]

As far as I know, OWI aren't making the game...that's great imo seeing as it just hurts me for some reason to see the name Oddworld on something that isn't...Oddworld. And besides, my faith in OWI wouldn't be marred if the game sucked.

Other than that, it's awesome to hear Lorne & Co. are still alive and spewing ideas, even though it's on non-Oddworld stuff.

[OANST]

Spewing being the operative word.

[paramiteabe]

I believe that since CS is in the production mode it is safe to assume that perhaps the next Oddworld is in production aswell I mean in pre-production.

I think while they are focusing on CS a small part of OWI's production team perhaps Raymond Swandland is working on the illustrations to the next Oddworld installment. Because that makes a lot of sense especially if they want to make Oddworld to what they originally intended. Makes a lot of sense to me at least. I understand how pre-production works and sometimes multi tasking is done with many developers. A developer would focused on their main project and then at the same time starting a new project. Happens a lot in that business.

Paramiteabe...

[Fangus Klot]

Ive heard that will be on a "Near Future Earth"... It's not on Oddworld.

[Jordan]

Ive heard that will be on a "Near Future Earth"... It's not on Oddworld.

Yeah. It's been said so much on this forum.

[ziggy]

It would be really nice if CS was just a prank, and when the oddworld's site is finally updated they reveal it's really going to be an oddworld movie. That would be cool....

[Jordan]

Heh, I very much doubt that Ziggy, Lorne and Sherry told Max and Xav that they were working on it. Didn't they?