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id Software Apparently Not Involved With ‘DOOM: Annihilation’
So, that DOOM: Annihilation trailer. That seemed rather rough, didn’t it? Not the best way to try and bring people back from the 2005 film starring The Rock, is it? Apparently, we weren’t the only ones with mixed feelings.
As some of you already know, not long after the trailer went live, a fan on Twitter asked both id Software and the official DOOM Twitter accounts what their reactions were to the Annihilation trailer. The DOOM Twitter account had this to say:
We're not involved with the movie. https://t.co/Du3wHSHk44
— DOOM (@DOOM) March 11, 2019
Yeah.
Opinions on the apparent quality of the film aside, the fact that id Software isn’t involved in the film is kind of a red flag, since why would you not involve the guys who created the game when making your film? But who knows? The teaser was literally 30 seconds long, so I’ll give them the benefit of doubt that it’s just too brief a snippet to properly gauge the film.
Written and directed by Tony Giglio (S.W.A.T.: Under Siege), DOOM: Annihilation stars Amy Manson (”Atlantis”), Dominic Mafham (Ophelia), Luke Allen-Gale (“Dominion”) and Nina Bergman (The Car: Road to Revenge). The film is scheduled for a Fall 2019 release.
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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