Aug 18 2008Paul W.S. Anderson Not Making 'Spy Hunter' Because He's Reached Mankind's Car Movie Zenith

Some time ago, it was announced that Paul W.S. Anderson would be directing an adaptation of the 1983 arcade game Spy Hunter. This was a bad idea for two main reasons: 1) Paul W.S. Anderson directed Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil. After Uwe Boll, he's the guy most-likely responsible when you see a horrible movie based on a video game, and he is awful. 2) From what I remember, Spy Hunter's gameplay was based entirely on driving a car, shooting other cars, and occasionally turning your car into a boat. That was also the entire plot, ranking it just above Tapper in terms of potential movie adaptability (because this could be better than Coyote Ugly).

Now, speaking to Latino Review, Anderson has hinted that he's no longer on the project. Not because he realized it's a terrible, terrible idea; it's just that he's already made the best car movie ever, past or future:

Latino Review: Does [Death Race, your upcoming movie with cars locked in a heated death race] prepare you to do another [car film] like Spy Hunter?

Anderson: I had some what fun making this movie and I firmly believe this is the best, most spectacular car action I've ever seen in a film, I don’t know if I’ll ever do another car movie after this, because I really feel like we pushed it to the max and the only other car movie I’ll do is maybe a sequel to this, knock on wood, if this movie does well enough to deserve that, I really think we’ve kind of raised the bar when it comes to car action….we’ve done everything practical, we’ve done spectacular stunts, we’ve kept it R rated, really hard, we’ve had the actors do a lot of their own driving, so you know, I think we’ve really maxed our car movie, so I think we’ve laid down a challenge to any one else, I think we’re now the movie to beat.

Sorry, Bullitt, you should have had more flame throwers on your cars.