Here is the release from Gamespot:
In the 2001 film Rock Star, the lead singer of a small-town tribute band wins a contest to join his favorite band. The movie’s plot was inspired by the real-life story of cover-band crooner Tim “Ripper” Owens, who was chosen by Judas Priest in 1996 to replace singer Rob Halford. If director Brett Ratner had his way, he’d use a similar template for a film…based on the Guitar Hero franchise.
Ratner, who was recently tapped to direct the big-screen version of God of War, told MTV this week about his burning yearning to make a film inspired by Activision’s billion-dollar franchise. “I would love to do a Guitar Hero movie, if Activision would ever let me,” chimed the Rush Hour and X-Men 3 helmer. “I’m trying to convince them…It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the Guitar Hero competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.”
The filmmaker also told MTV his branding company, Brett Ratner Brands, helped Activision choose the name for Guitar Hero World Tour. “For instance, naming Guitar Hero: World Tour, coming up with the new Guitar Hero game name. It’s sort of like [MTV's] Rock Band. So they said: ‘Come up with a name.’ And I did, and it became Guitar Hero: World Tour.” Ratner has also included Guitar Hero in several music videos he directed, including Miley Cyrus’ “7 Things.”
May God help us all. By the way here is South park’s view on all of this.
O_o Why…just why… That is just awful. I guess we should’ve seen this milking of the franchise coming, but Guitar Hero and real rock star status? That’s day dreaming right there. That is the equivalent of saying someone who plays a lot of Tekken and Street Fighter are martial arts masters, and should tour the world kicking ass in real fighting tournaments. Total asinine bullshit.
On a plus side, thanks for the South Park link. I laughed my ass off when I first saw that on TV. So funny, so wrong, and so true.
On another note, God of War could actually make a really awesome movie. Sadly, it will most likely get ruined, and have any inch of its awesomeness beaten out of it repeatedly and turned into a sad shadow of its gaming glory. Sigh….Hollywood…why must you constantly ruin that which I love so much?