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Konami Announce ‘Contra’ Movie and Television Series!
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced today that its action shooter game, “Contra”, will be made into a live-action movie and TV drama series!
Ever since its debut as an action-packed arcade game in 1987, the world famous “Contra” series has continued to deliver button-mashing fun across multiple platforms such as home systems and mobile devices.
In 2633, the evil Red Falcon Organization have set a base on the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to conquer the world,” Wiki explains of the plot. Two commandos, Pfc. Bill Rizer and Pfc. Lance Bean of the Contra unit (an elite group of soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare), are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them.
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Also via Wiki, “Contra” was followed by “Super Contra” a year later. Following the success, subsequent sequels would be produced specifically for the home console market such as “Contra III: The Alien Wars” for the Super NES and “Contra: Hard Corps” for the Genesis, becoming one of Konami’s landmark series. As of 2014, the series has 11 installments.
For this project, Konami will be headquartered in Beijing, China, and partnered with Starlight Film, among others, to produce the films. Starlight Film is a video production company founded in 2005.
Further details about the production will be announced at a later date.
NECA recently released action figures based on the “Contra” badasses, Bill and Lance.
Following in the wake of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse getting their own horror movies, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid is the next to get the twisted treatment.
Originally published in 1837, the original tale of The Little Mermaid is now in the public domain, and MSR Media International presents their own horror version of the tale this year.
The Little Mermaid is being distributed by Grindstone Entertainment Group, and the film has officially been rated “R” this week for “Language, some violence and brief nudity.”
In the film from director Leigh Scott, “Dr. Eric Prince, an archaeologist, makes a dramatic discovery on a small Caribbean island—proof of an ancient, advanced prehistoric society. While his dig is in progress, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Aurora Bey and falls in love. Her arrival coincides with several mermaid sightings and strange disappearances.
“When Eric’s friend and mentor, Dr. Ashley, arrives on the island, Ashley uncovers the true identity of Aurora and the dangers of the hidden evil inside Eric’s dig site. Will Eric heed his friend’s advice, or will he be blinded by love and the power of the siren, allowing the world to fall to the forces of evil?”
Lydia Helen, Mike Markoff and Jeff Denton star in The Little Mermaid.
You can watch the trailer now over on MSR Media International’s website.
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