A new 'DOOM' movie based on the classic video game franchise is in the works

Doom (film, Dwayne Johnson)

A movie based on the classic video game series "DOOM" is in the works.
The movie is being made by Universal's 1440 Entertainment, which means it's skipping theaters and headed straight from home consumption.
Actress and singer Nina Bergman is confirmed to be in the film.

A new movie based on classic video game series "DOOM" is in production.

Unlike the 2005 film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the new incarnation of "DOOM" won't head to the silver screen: It's a Universal 1440 Entertainment production, meaning it's a film made for home viewing.

That means a streaming service like Amazon or Netflix or Hulu could get the new movie, but it's unclear at this point and far too early to know — it hasn't even begun shooting yet, it looks like.

"Wow I’m doing the next “Doom” movie [with] Universal Pictures!" actress and singer Nina Bergman tweeted recently. "I just signed all the paperwork. I get to go back to Bulgaria again and work with some of my favorite people."

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Universal has since confirmed the project's existence to Variety — it's not clear what the movie is called, when it's planned for release, or who else is in it.

The "DOOM" video game franchise is currently experiencing a renaissance of sorts, with the 2016 reboot (seen above) receiving glowing praise from critics and equally glowing sales numbers.

But the last time a film adaptation of "DOOM" was attempted, it failed miserably. Even the movie's main star regards it as a "stinker:

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That said, we're talking about fertile content for adaptation here: A comically violent, silent space marine rips through thousands of snarling demons, purely to satisfy his own anger. He travels from the moons of Mars to the depths of Hell in order to do so.

The 2016 game used this aggressively silly premise to indulge in some of the most brilliantly idiotic storytelling in video game history. Whether the upcoming film will successfully walk that line remains to be seen.

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