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Sony Announces ‘God of War’ Documentary
Sony Santa Monica aren’t quite done celebrating the success of 2018’s God of War. After announcing a bunch of goodies to be released later this month, the studio has announced via PlayStation Blog that they’re working on a full-length feature documentary that will cover the game’s development over the course of the past three years.
Titled “Raising Kratos“, the documentary will be published “very soon” by PlayStation’s official YouTube channel. In the trailer below, the studio also reveals the original pre-rendered teaser trailer for GoW 2018 that was originally intended to be snuck into God of War III Remastered. However, the studio ran out of time, and the trailer was shelved (until now).
And in case you’re wondering, according to Sony, this is not intended as another “making of” doc. Rather, it’s a collection of developer experiences and shows how they put “relentless time and effort” into making the award-winning title.
“All creative endeavors, especially those of this magnitude, require an incredible amount of dedication and focus that constantly toe the fine line that separates both success and failure,” said Scott Rohde, Game Development Head of Worldwide Studios, Sony America. “The hope is that once people see the experience of Santa Monica Studio unfold on the screen, they will recognize the undying passion for their work and the incredible respect they have for their craft.”
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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