John Romero's autobiography to be adapted into a documentary and scripted drama series

[Agent Strange]

 

Link to the article in question 

https://deadline.com/2024/05/doom-guy-life-in-first-person-documentary-drama-john-romero-quake-wolfenstein-1235944457/

 

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The videogames icon said: “Talking with both Rob and Naomi, I knew they were the perfect team to bring Doom Guy to life. Our backgrounds and aspirations have uncanny similarities, and I trust them to tell the story.”

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Speaking about Doom Guy, he said: “John Romero’s journey is the missing antidote for all of us misfit toys looking for hope and kindred spirits in the darkness of the world. It’s an unbelievable rock n’ roll, boundary-shattering, thrill ride grounded in humanity, integrity, patience and clever chess moves slathered in innocence, tenacity and pure coolness.”

 

[Mr Masker]

It's gonna be 6 episodes of actors coding for an hour in silence, then John Romero appears in the interview segments to talk about how hard it was to code the thing they were coding.

 

The true Game Dev experience on the home screen

Edited May 30 by Mr Masker

[Stupid Bunny]

I semi-unironically would love to see Tommy Wiseau play John Romero and hope they do it and be legends, man

1. Weirdo dreamers who put everything on the line for their passion projects
2. Romero succeeded spectacularly and then failed equally spectacularly while Wiseau managed somehow to do both at the same time
3. Long hair

Even if they don't make this awesome and great decision however I would still be interested in seeing this.  I haven't read Doom Guy yet but Romero's is a pretty neat story in a lot of ways (read Masters of Doom a bit ago and loved it, and then read The Disaster Artist which again was a really effective follow up js)

Edited May 30 by Stupid Bunny

[VICE]

25 minutes ago, Stupid Bunny said:

I semi-unironically would love to see Tommy Wiseau play John Romero

''Oh hai Carmak!''

[DannyMan]

I'm up for a documentary. However, I'm not sure if a drama series based on Romero's autobiography would turn out well. 

[elborbahquarama]

17 hours ago, Stupid Bunny said:

I semi-unironically would love to see Tommy Wiseau play John Romero and hope they do it and be legends, man

1. Weirdo dreamers who put everything on the line for their passion projects
2. Romero succeeded spectacularly and then failed equally spectacularly while Wiseau managed somehow to do both at the same time
3. Long hair

Even if they don't make this awesome and great decision however I would still be interested in seeing this.  I haven't read Doom Guy yet but Romero's is a pretty neat story in a lot of ways (read Masters of Doom a bit ago and loved it, and then read The Disaster Artist which again was a really effective follow up js)

 

isn't that guy an abusive piece of shit though lol

[Maximum Matt]

As long as Bruce Campbell is starring.

And Kevin Bacon is Carmack

[DNSKILL5]

I’ll definitely give it a chance. 

[Gifty]

14 hours ago, Maximum Matt said:

As long as Bruce Campbell is starring.

And Kevin Bacon is Carmack

Just to be sure we should cast Bruce Campbell as everyone

[Lila Feuer]

5 minutes ago, Gifty said:

Just to be sure we should cast Bruce Campbell as everyone

Just the idea alone of Bruce Campbell talking to himself for hours from different camera angles would sell itself.

[Xim]

I've always thought a 'making of Doom' bio-pic would be a good idea for a movie. I wouldn't be surprised if this will end up being the best 'Doom movie' so far and it'll probably bring in new fans, unlike the previous movies based on the actual game.

Edited June 1 by Xim

[Eurisko]

I hope this comes to fruition as we never did get that ‘Masters Of Doom’ series.