Pacman Comes To The Big Screen

In the latest of a string of Hollywood films adapted from computer games, comes Pacman: Take the Bite, a film adaption of the hugely popular pioneering video game.

"Taking our cue from big budget flicks such as Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, and Prince of Persia, we're confident that this is a film franchise which will be warmly embraced by fans," announced creative director Peter Ghost.

"Our film will really focus on Pacman's struggle to free himself from a maze of danger, brightly coloured ghosts, and magical fruits," he elaborated seriously. "Of course, the maze will serve as a point of psychological conflict, and existential philosophy will be amongst the themes covered - is this maze Pacman's real life, or simply a mental framework constructed to enable him to repress traumatic memories or escape a more sinister reality? These will be things to look out for," he hinted, revealing that it will be "a bit like The Matrix meets Pan's Labyrinth".

Warner Bros. Pacman film will deliver "a world that is vivid, exciting, unconstrained, and more than 2D."

When asked about the confined setting of the film, White enthused that "I don't think it will be limiting at all. As the film progresses, the audience will come to realise that the small box within which most of the story occurs is as much an emotional space as a physical one. Pacman's complex character is what will really drive the plot, as he begins to question the meaning behind his perpetual struggle to finish levels, collect spheres, and eat lemons to attain brief periods of immunity."

The film will also deal with the lore surrounding the game, including the historical context of Pacman. "Why is Pacman at war with the ghosts? Where are the rest of Pacman's people? These are all questions which will be addressed in this exciting new trilogy."

The film will be shot exclusively on 3D film, with production expected to get underway later this month.