Pacific Rim: Uprising director wants Dave Bautista for God of War movie

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The latest God of War game has received universal acclaim from critics as well as reigniting interest in a movie based upon the franchise. Such a project has been in development for some time, but it's been a number of years since we last heard anything substantial. That's something which PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING director Steven S. DeKnight would see change as he told ComicBook.com that he's actually approached Sony PlayStation about the project; in fact, he already has someone in mind to play Kratos: Dave Bautista.

I would love to see it. Somebody had asked me about video games and I've always been a fan of God of War. I think the latest game was just so beautiful and phenomenal. I would love to tackle God of War movie or I would love to see somebody put that up on the big screen. Somebody asked me, 'Well, who would you have to have Kratos?' And immediately for me: Dave Batista would be the man. I think he can do anything. You can do drama, real emotion, humor, action. What would I like to see from a movie like that? A bit of a tricky question because there hasn't really been 100% success of translating a video game to a movie. It's a very, very tricky process.

As mentioned above, Steven S. DeKnight has had some early conversations with the folks at Sony PlayStation about a GOD OF WAR film, and he had a little advice for how to tackle the project. "You have to be able to take the source material and make it work as a movie. And I think that's part of the reason oftentimes video game movies don't work is because you can't translate the video game experience into a movie," DeKnight said. "You gotta take the characters and the situations and the emotions and make it work for a movie." The director cautioned that he's not in talks to take on the project right now, but if such a day ever arrives, he knows that the film would absolutely need an R-rating.

It's funny because when I sat down with the Sony PlayStation people, one of the first things we both said is R-rated because I always use the original Conan the Barbarian as my touchstone, that it needs to be R-rated. I don't think there's a way to tell that story and make it PG, nor should it be. And thankfully because of Deadpool, people are much more willing to try that R-rated there with genre work now, again. So, yeah, without a doubt R-rated. I mean not on as far as Spartacus, that was more NC-17, but definitely R-rated.

What are your thoughts on a GOD OF WAR movie? Would Dave Bautista make a good Kratos? If not, who do you see taking on the role? PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING is set to be released on DVD/Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD on June 19th.