I debated if I should be the one to make this thread or not, but it is new news.
Christophe Gans, the director of the 2006 Silent Hill movie (had no involvement with the 2012 Silent Hill Revelations 3D) sat down for a 50 minute video interview with JEUXACTU (French website) because his movie, Le Pacte des Loups (great film, one of Bloodborne's inspirations), is getting re-released into France theaters currently. Can see the interview here, but the video is region restricted for most territories (not France though), and the entire interview is in French:
However, there is a part of the interview where he talks very directly about Silent Hill. I got this confirmed by a few French speakers myself that this is what he was saying, but a proper written translation bringing attention to this was first provided by a very niche gaming site named, "Gamingsym", their article is here: https://gamingsym.in/christophe-gans-confirms-that-konami-is-working-well-on-several-games/
And Gamingsym's translation of what Gans says, which I've had confirmed is accurate from all who I've checked with. What he says:
In basic, he talks about how he's gained the rights to use the Silent Hill IP from Konami & the Fatal Frame IP from Tecmo officially, he's doing the Silent Hill movie first and it's "further along than just talks". He then says on online forums, there'd been deductions (rumors) that his film is part of a larger "Global Policy" for a revival of the franchise, and confirms the online rumors are true, that there's several Silent Hill projects in the works (even specifically confirms there's Silent Hill video games in the works). He also mentions Resident Evil directly, saying Konami had looked at the recent Resident Evil 2 Remake and other things for how to revive a horror IP. He didn't pitch his Silent Hill movie to be part of this initiative to revive the series, it just so happened the timing ended up working out so his film became part of a bigger multi-project effort to revive the series.
More smoke, as it were. Maybe too much smoke.
Christophe Gans, the director of the 2006 Silent Hill movie (had no involvement with the 2012 Silent Hill Revelations 3D) sat down for a 50 minute video interview with JEUXACTU (French website) because his movie, Le Pacte des Loups (great film, one of Bloodborne's inspirations), is getting re-released into France theaters currently. Can see the interview here, but the video is region restricted for most territories (not France though), and the entire interview is in French:
However, there is a part of the interview where he talks very directly about Silent Hill. I got this confirmed by a few French speakers myself that this is what he was saying, but a proper written translation bringing attention to this was first provided by a very niche gaming site named, "Gamingsym", their article is here: https://gamingsym.in/christophe-gans-confirms-that-konami-is-working-well-on-several-games/
And Gamingsym's translation of what Gans says, which I've had confirmed is accurate from all who I've checked with. What he says:
In basic, he talks about how he's gained the rights to use the Silent Hill IP from Konami & the Fatal Frame IP from Tecmo officially, he's doing the Silent Hill movie first and it's "further along than just talks". He then says on online forums, there'd been deductions (rumors) that his film is part of a larger "Global Policy" for a revival of the franchise, and confirms the online rumors are true, that there's several Silent Hill projects in the works (even specifically confirms there's Silent Hill video games in the works). He also mentions Resident Evil directly, saying Konami had looked at the recent Resident Evil 2 Remake and other things for how to revive a horror IP. He didn't pitch his Silent Hill movie to be part of this initiative to revive the series, it just so happened the timing ended up working out so his film became part of a bigger multi-project effort to revive the series.
More smoke, as it were. Maybe too much smoke.
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