James Wan is officially making The Call of Cthulhu. The movie will be based on the iconic 1928 H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, which follows a man named Francis Thurston who investigates a cult that seems to be involved in worshipping the ancient cosmic monster Cthulhu. The story is the first appearance of the iconic entity, who would later be referenced frequently in Lovecraft's works, as well as works by other prominent authors including Robert Bloch and Stephen King.
Deadline recently announced a batch of upcoming movies that are set to be adapted into video games, including The Garfield Movie and Memory Lost in Space. However, in announcing that James Wan's The Call of Cthulhu would be adapted into a game, the article effectively announced the movie itself. This summer, the director, who previously helmed The Conjuring and Insidious, stated that the title was his "dream project" and one he'd been working on in the background for half a decade.
Neither the James Wan movie nor its video game adaptation is the first time that Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu” has been adapted into other formats, even on film. Lovecraft has been frequently adapted to the screen in movies ranging from the 1960s classics The Haunted Palace and Die, Monster, Die! to the 1980s effects extravaganzas Re-Animator and From Beyond to the more cerebral 21st century outings Color Out of Space and Suitable Flesh. As one of his most popular and well-known stories, it is only natural that "Cthulhu" has been adapted several times since its publication nearly a century ago
The story was adapted into a variety of comic books throughout the 1960s, including Eerie #4, followed by other interpretations including a tabletop game and an instrumental Metallica song. However, the first time that it appeared onscreen was in an episode of the animated show The Real Ghostbusters titled "Collect Call of Cthulhu," which loosely adapted the story. That was followed by a 2005 silent movie, The Call of Cthulhu, which is the only straightforward cinematic adaptation of the story thus far, though elements of the narrative are included in 2014's Call Girl of Cthulhu and 2020's Underwater.
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Deadline recently announced a batch of upcoming movies that are set to be adapted into video games, including The Garfield Movie and Memory Lost in Space. However, in announcing that James Wan's The Call of Cthulhu would be adapted into a game, the article effectively announced the movie itself. This summer, the director, who previously helmed The Conjuring and Insidious, stated that the title was his "dream project" and one he'd been working on in the background for half a decade.
Neither the James Wan movie nor its video game adaptation is the first time that Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu” has been adapted into other formats, even on film. Lovecraft has been frequently adapted to the screen in movies ranging from the 1960s classics The Haunted Palace and Die, Monster, Die! to the 1980s effects extravaganzas Re-Animator and From Beyond to the more cerebral 21st century outings Color Out of Space and Suitable Flesh. As one of his most popular and well-known stories, it is only natural that "Cthulhu" has been adapted several times since its publication nearly a century ago
The story was adapted into a variety of comic books throughout the 1960s, including Eerie #4, followed by other interpretations including a tabletop game and an instrumental Metallica song. However, the first time that it appeared onscreen was in an episode of the animated show The Real Ghostbusters titled "Collect Call of Cthulhu," which loosely adapted the story. That was followed by a 2005 silent movie, The Call of Cthulhu, which is the only straightforward cinematic adaptation of the story thus far, though elements of the narrative are included in 2014's Call Girl of Cthulhu and 2020's Underwater.
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