Brett Ratner Confirmed to Direct God Of War?

Back in May, rumors ran wild that Brett Ratner might be directing a big screen adaptation of the popular video game series God of War. Bad news for video game fans, today’s MGM press release for the Robocop reboot contained the following juicy tidbit:

“David Self’s credits include 13 Days and Road To Perdition.  He wrote God of War for Universal, to which Brett Ratner is attached to direct, and was a writer on Universal’s Wolfman currently in production.”

Is this official confirmation that Ratner is officially attached to the project? We hope not.

  • Jerry crack corn and I don't c
    I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the logic behind the name "Tr2n"
  • Adam
    The only thing this guy should direct is home movies, and maybe even then he should defer to a half-blind great-aunt or somebody.

    This is a bad idea.
  • Jerry crack corn and I don't c
    I mean, i could see *maybe* if they wrote it "2ron". Maybe, but the other way just looks like massive 1337 skills failure.

    Anyway, GOW, good game. Don't know if I want to see a movie about it. I'm channeling 300 here when I even think about what this could wind up looking like. And then with Ratner. blech!
  • Nick Venture
    This is the worst idea since Brett Ratner took over for X-Men 3.
  • O
    NO!!!!! Hopefully this will change in preproduction.
  • kingdarius
    Please god tell me its not true cause if he ruined xmen he's DEFINITELY gonna destroy god of war
  • th1nk
    I'm pretty sure when people ate on Entourage, they are doing a parody of themselves.. Expect Ratner.
  • th1nk
    *are

    lol. Oh typos.
  • Captain Awesome
    This is the worst idea since Brett Ratner's conception.
  • Logan
    Haha, this is not going to end well if he directs this. I can't wait to see the damage he does. Not a fan of God of War, so I don't really give a shit what happens to the film.
  • Kip
    If you worked at Burger King and made just a horrible whopper, your manager would probably say okay let's give him another day. Ten years later if you were still making shitty whoppers, not only should you be fired, but everyone else in charge of that said Burger King. So Hollywood, you need to fire yourself.
  • Jojo
    HAHAHAHAHA. Loving it. DIE PS3 DIE AND YOUR FUCKING SHITTY PROPERTIES.

    XBOX 360 RULES.
  • B33
    Here's hoping this is one sick joke. Brett Ratner has no talent and will utterly ruin GOW if he is indeed the one directing the adaption.
  • Captain Awesome
    Jojo,

    Go back to gamefaqs.
  • Goobity
    Does anyone care about about yet another bad film (yes, it will be bad) based on a mediocre video game?

    I agree with Kip. This will be another shitty Whopper.
  • Christopher Marc
    I'm with Hunter I hope Ratner isn't attached to this in any way
  • ha
    This will either be Ratner's redemption ala McG's Terminator 4, or it'll be the last nail in Ratner's coffin. So, no pressure Brett!
  • This is horrible news. God of War is my favorite video game. "The Rat" sucks huge sweaty balls. I had high hopes for this movie but now forget it. You ruined my day Ratner. Kill yourself.
  • Dexter Morgan
    i will dedicate my suicide to brett ratner if he is seriously attached to a GoW movie.

    shit, he'd probably cast chris tucker as kratos and jackie chan as ares. even the other way around still makes me want to gouge my own eyes out.
  • thomas
    this isnt that horrible of an idea. Brett Ratner knows how to direct mindless action and thats exactly what God of War is. If anyone tries to get a MORAL or LESSON out of God of War they are looking in the wrong place. Just like you guys said about McG, dont count him out JUST yet....
  • Chris
    I want to say that I won't let this bother me so early on cuz, who knows, right?

    But.....................I can't.

    Dammit all to Hell, why Ratner!? Ugh.
  • StarBlazer101
    NOOOO!!!!!!!!!! DIDN'T HE HAVE ENOUGH WITH RUINING X-MEN AND NOW HE WANTS TO DESTROY ONE OF THE GREATEST VIDEOGAME FRANCHISES OF ALL TIME!!!!! HE MUST BE STOPPED!!!!!!! PLEASE GOD OH PLEASE STOP THIS MADNESS!!!!!!!
  • deez
    who keeps giving this guy work? doesn't he know he sucks?
  • Gary
    Brett Ratner is one of the greatest Directors in the world, he should have won an oscar for "Rush Hour 3", he got screwed!
    Just kidding guys, he sucks!
  • Chris
    Although....thank God it isn't Uwe Boll, am I right?
  • Please do not make another video game into a movie. It rarely works if ever.
  • jackal27
    I'm pretty sure that there are laws protecting us from this sort of thing... Laws handed down by God...
  • gah
    Honestly, i don't care if Ratner is on the project or not cuz it will suck regardless and it's not getting a dime from me.
  • Blake
    ^Yeah exactly, I mean, Ratner directs campy popcorn movies...Xmen 3 was OK...but this movie sounds like it will be Uwe Boll territory anyway, so who gives a shit
  • The E
    Are you serious? I figured Ratner had stopped directing altogether. The fact he is still employed by any studio, just goes to show they care little about the actual movie itself, as long as it makes a profit. All this guy does is ruin movies. My dog could do a better job at directing than Ratner.
  • ddy_blue
    NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

    please someone shoot the guy before he does something stupid!!!!!
  • Thankfully the story for God of War is pretty poorly conceived (I'm big on mythology) and Brett Ratner would just be making a bad movie from a bad story. Nothing against the game itself, but a good story it is not.

    Also I can't imagine a big box office cashin with this movie. The fact that Kratos is frankly a douchebag won't help in getting the ladies into the theater, unlike say Clash of the Titans. Expect a flop like Troy... maybe worse.
  • I'm pretty sure Troy wasn't a flop. Maybe it was domestically but it made huge numbers overseas. Anyway I wasn't expecting much from this anyway. The games are great, but I don't think they can do much as movies.
  • drpencil
    People who think videogames make good movies obviously have never played them or are nuts. Unless they're doing something really loose like the Sims (i heard they're doing that), it will NEVER work. People only go to see those movies to see how crappy they are.
  • PS3FOreva
    JOjo, you're an idiot.

    my roommate sank about 1000 dollars into an xbox360 - 2 controllers, 14 games, Live account and a couple hundred dollars to keep getting it fixed. I know ONE person with a 360 who hasn't had to send it back to get fixed. My roommate just sold back all his xbox stuff to gamestop for 186.00!!! Oh, and did i mention this is after he sent if back 5 TIMES (the first three were free, the last two cost him 100 bucks). And he decided rather than to send it back a 6th time, to just be done with it and put his 186 bucks towards a PS3 b/c the don't break. Screw microsoft, screw the 360, PS3 rules.

    NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER buy a 360.

    oh, and Brett Ratner sucks king kong balls. jesus god he's bad.
  • Brian
    Ratner should be attached to direct nothing. The guy utterly has no talent and has just risen through the ranks blowing everybody. The moment he starred in Entourage that was a dealbreaker, no more...
  • Deez
    I wonder if these dudes read web pages like this? If so, BRETT RATNER, KILL YOURSELF. FOR THE CHILDREN.
  • cowax
    This is bad news...I'm a hardcore god of war fan since it launched on the ps2, for a game that is so epic and brutal, I'd put my money on Tarsem to direct this one. He's got a unique visual style and is one of the most brilliant film directors right now.
    If only it was so easy to convince the studio bosses.
  • The director must be Guillermo del Toro
  • Young Turk
    Oh great, another one ruined. All I can hope now is that when they revamp it they don't make the same mistake and hire another douche like this to direct. Thanks in advance for fucking this up Brett, glad your NY Film academy degree is being put to good use!
  • Jamie
    Why, oh why, would anyone hire Brett Ratner to direct anything?

    Unless.... it's one of those "The Producers" scenarios, where they're making a bomb on purpose to make money on the write-off?
  • ad
    Brett is a dynamic director and will probably make GoW into a commercially successul enterprise.
    It's a video game for chrissakes, so everyone please calm down.
  • t3
    He has a great source and script 2 go from as long as u follow that u can't fuk up
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