Developer Unusual Scaffold’s third-person neo-noir shooter, El Paso, Elsewhere, is heading to the massive display screen, per Deadline.
LaKeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah, Sorry to Trouble You) is at present in talks to star and produce the challenge alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s Di Bonaventura Photos and Colin Stark. The variation is claimed to observe protagonist James Savage as he navigates a monster-filled world with the intention to carry an finish to his vicious ex-girlfriend and his personal internal turmoil.
The indie hit from studio head and narrative director Xalavier Nelson Jr., who additionally voices its primary character, launched final 12 months and tells the story of a vampire hunter who units out to destroy his ex-girlfriend earlier than she destroys the world. In different phrases, these first particulars promise a film model of this story that can stick near the sport it’s primarily based on. Though Stanfield is seemingly nonetheless solely in talks to hitch the video-game-to-movie challenge, Nelson Jr. took to X/Twitter to share his pleasure.
LAKEITH STANFIELD
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STRANGE SCAFFOLDEL PASO ELSEWHERE MOVIE
EL PASO, ELSEWHERE MOVIE IS HAPPENING
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH https://t.co/rnRxldMR5y— Xalavier Nelson Jr. 🔜 Reboot Develop (@WritNelson) April 22, 2024
El Paso, Elsewhere is Unusual Scaffold’s 2023 tackle third-person taking pictures gameplay, but it surely’s not the studio’s first crack at this world. That standing goes to El Paso, Nightmare, a primary individual shooter that launched in 2022. In keeping with the sport’s Steam page, this entry is handled as a “standalone survival horror FPS aspect story” that takes place inside the identical universe as El Paso, Elsewhere. It’s unclear if that story might be featured in or tie into the film.
For extra on El Paso, Elsewhere and a greater take a look at how the film may sort out its monster love story, be sure you try a few of its gameplay. You may as well check out its animated trailer from final 12 months, which supplies followers a extra cinematic take a look at its story earlier than diving in.
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