Purcell believes Sam & Max would make great movie, doubtful big studios would agree

05 Sep, 2012, 14:52 | Posted by: Jason | Source: VideoGamer.com
So don't get your hopes up or anything. Still, it's always fun when Steve Purcell acknowledges the potential of his madcap creations to have a silver screen career, as he did in a new interview with VideoGamer.com. This would be one of those so-marginal-I-don't-feel-guilty-about-reprinting-all-of-it articles:

Sam and Max's "lack of a functioning moral compass might make them a long shot to drive a major studio production," but the cartoon cop duo "would make a great movie", creator Steve Purcell believes.

Talking to VideoGamer.com about his role in the development of recent Pixar tie-in Brave: The Video Game, Purcell said that "Sam & Max have proved themselves remarkably resilient to adaptation".

"They always manage to maintain the integrity of their lunacy no matter the medium. I think they would make a great movie."

Purcell debuted the characters in a comic book in the 1980s, before releasing classic PC point & click Sam & Max: Hit The Road in 1993. The pair later spawned a TV series, before Purcell moved to Pixar in the early noughties.

So given his big screen experience, why hasn't Purcell attempted to take Sam & Max to Hollywood?

"I've just tended to keep Sam & Max separate from my work at Pixar so there's never any confusion about it," he continued.

"I think Sam & Max's lack of a functioning moral compass might make them a long shot to drive a major studio production. Though I'm certainly not opposed to giving it a shot."

Pull the trigger, good sir!
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    Comment by: Scummbuddy | Posted 05 Sep, 2012, 18:35 | Quote
    Just start making some animated shorts with them and eventually it will get picked up for a movie, as was the case with the first game.
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    Comment by: Shmargin | Posted 05 Sep, 2012, 18:25 | Quote
    Man, if Purcell was the main guy in charge of a Sam and Max movie, and it got made, I would be a super happy fan.

    Do a Kickstarter Purcell!!

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