Apocalypse Now is being remade as a video game – and you can fund it on Kickstarter

The classic Francis Ford Coppola Vietnam war film is getting a new interactive take
The horror: Apocalypse Now is being remade into a video game with an interesting genre twist
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Ben Travis26 January 2017

When it comes to video games based on films, the result can often be summarised by one classic movie quote: the horror, the horror.

In a surprise move, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now is set for a gaming adaptation – and it actually sounds fascinating.

In a Kickstarter campaign video, the game’s creators explained that they won’t be going the typical war game route.

“We are not making a shooter,” confirms Executive Producer Lawrence Liberty. “We’re making a survival horror experience.

“We are crowdfunding this game because traditional game publishers would try to turn it into a shooter.”

The game’s Director, Montgomery Markland says: “By taking the project directly to you, we will have the same independent creative authority that Francis Ford Coppola had when he made Apocalypse Now some 40 years ago.”

Best of all, the game is being supported by Coppola himself: “I dove into the Vietnam war without a parachute, and today I’ve been joined by new daredevils – a team who want to make an interactive version of mine and John Milius’ story that puts you in the middle of the Vietnam war.

“You are Captain Willard, but you don’t have to make the same choices he made. It’s about characters who watch you and judge you, it’s about not getting killed rather than being a killer – until you reach [Colonel] Kurtz.”

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The Apocalypse Now game is aiming to raise approximately £714,000 ($900,000) within a month – with the finished title expected to arrive in 2020.

The production of the film, loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, was famously troubled, running hugely over time and budget – but the finished product is considered one of the greatest films ever made. Hopefully the makers of the game adaptation won’t be greeted by similar hurdles.

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