Battlefield: Bad Company Invades The Silver Screen

[Gahars]

Battlefield: Bad Company's big new features were its destructible environments and focus on single player. The campaign followed the antics of the titular B-squad as they fought off waves of enemies and searched for god riches. (There was a sequel, but the less said about its campaign, the better.)
Well, it looks like some network bigwigs saw potential in the premise, and are now adapting it into a television series.

...The military antics of Sarge, Haggard, Sweetwater, and Marlowe may be coming to the small screen, as Deadline reports Fox is adapting Battlefield: Bad Company into a television show.

The project is reportedly being headed by Alias producer John Eisendrath and Adam Sandler studio Happy Madison. Deadline states the series will portray the four hard-lucked soldiers in an hour-long action comedy series, following the troops as they leave the military and join the private sector.

Of course, nothing goes according to plan for Bad Company, and they find their civilian lives harried by a former superior officer looking to tie up loose ends on his shady operations.

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Alias is supposed to be a good show, but Happy Madison? Eh, calling it a "Bad Company" might be just a little too generous.

Sandler-related misgivings aside, the premise could be worked into an entertaining television show. It seems to be along the same lines as The A-Team or Burn Notice, and those are definitely fine shows to follow. Considering how well game adaptations manage on the big screen, though, we'll have to see how it manages on the silver one.

On another note, they shouldn't have to worry about coming up with a theme song. I've got just the thing...

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZk9tycQ9q0

 

[The Milkman]

This is the Hitman movie, all over again...

 

[431unknown]

Why the hell does FOX even bother? It's just going to get cancelled after the first 4 episodes any way like 99% of all their new shows do.

 

[narutofan777]

this is gonna be a terrible tv show.

 

[Gahars]

Why the hell does FOX even bother? It's just going to get cancelled after the first 4 episodes any way like 99% of all their new shows do.

Maybe they'll throw in song and dance to attract the Glee crowd.

 

[431unknown]

Why the hell does FOX even bother? It's just going to get cancelled after the first 4 episodes any way like 99% of all their new shows do.

Maybe they'll throw in song and dance to attract the Glee crowd.

Dear god no.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

*sigh* I'm gonna watch it, and I'm gonna hate it, but dammit I'm gonna watch it anyways.

 

[Sanoblue]

Im sure they will fox it up..... but on the other hand.... TAKE THAT COD!!!

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I'll be completely honest and say the last thing I considered "good" on Fox was Arrested Development. And they cancelled that.

Most of these networks do "shotgun" a lot with shows. Blow a bunch of shows out there and hope one of them becomes a Glee or Big Bang Theory: not particularly good, but cheap to make and successful in ratings.

The concept, I guess it's alright, but it feels like it'll be really uninteresting without a good cast and writing. I'd rather just watch Burn Notice.

 

[Gahars]

Why the hell does FOX even bother? It's just going to get cancelled after the first 4 episodes any way like 99% of all their new shows do.

Maybe they'll throw in song and dance to attract the Glee crowd.

Dear god no.

I don't know, they could get a lot of mileage out of a Fiddler On The Roof episode...

 

[FAST6191]

This is the Hitman movie, all over again...

Of the many many game related films you could have picked you picked one that was arguably pretty watchable and coherent enough internally to do the job? Granted I have to wonder at the ratings (as in censorship) it got outside the US (all were considerably less than the highest) but that is a different discussion. Whether I go so far as to say good mindless action film when there are definite greats in that category it does not come close to I am not sure, but I can see it being a contender.

 

[Veho]

Setting

The game is set in a near future war between the Russian Federation and the United States. It follows a four man squad from "B" Company of the 222nd Army battalion, commonly called "Bad Company", composed of troublemakers whose use in the battlefield is limited to the role of cannon fodder. Private Preston Marlowe is the game's protagonist, newly transferred to the company. The more intelligent but nervous Private Terrence Sweetwater serves as a foil to Private George Gordon Haggard, Jr., a pyromaniac and the comic relief of the story. Sergeant Samuel D. Redford is the leader of the squad. He is the first ever to volunteer for his position, in exchange for shortening his term of service and has only three days left to serve. The campaign takes place in the fictional Caucasus country of Serdaristan, and an unnamed fictional Middle Eastern city called Sadiz near the Caspian Sea.

Story

Preston Marlowe is transferred to Bad Company and embarks on his first mission with his new squad.... [cue double crossing, conspiracies, spies, plots, hilarity ensues]

This is already a plot of a TV series. Why not make it?

 

[The Milkman]

This is the Hitman movie, all over again...

Of the many many game related films you could have picked you picked one that was arguably pretty watchable and coherent enough internally to do the job? Granted I have to wonder at the ratings (as in censorship) it got outside the US (all were considerably less than the highest) but that is a different discussion. Whether I go so far as to say good mindless action film when there are definite greats in that category it does not come close to I am not sure, but I can see it being a contender.

Wow, really? I hated that movie, a lot. Guess its just me.

In that case, its Dragon Ball Legacy all over again...

 

[Gahars]

SettingThe campaign takes place in the fictional Caucasus country of Serdaristan, and an unnamed fictional Middle Eastern city called Sadiz near the Caspian Sea.

Unnamed, you say?