Film Adaptation
Until April 30, 2008, the film was stuck in development hell, but finally more information about the film was announced on G4's Attack of the Show!, the show featured a headline quoting: "The Weinstein Company has announced their plans to make a feature adaption of Capcom's classic series Clock Tower, the film will offer gameplay elements from the series while the story will be loosely based on all of the games. Martin Weisz (The Hills Have Eyes 2) has currently been signed to direct."
On September 9, 2008 it was reported that Brittany Snow would be playing the lead in Clock Tower. Filming is set to begin in November at Los Angeles. It is known that Scissorman will be included in the film, but his identity and backstory will be completely different from any of the games.
On October 7, Bloody Disgusting reported rumor that Milla Jovovich, star of the Resident Evil movie franchise was to play a role in Clock Tower. However on October 14 a representative of Jovovich corrected Bloody Disgusting saying that Jovovich was not doing the movie. The only confirmed actor in the movie so far is Brittany Snow.
November 7 brought news that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group had acquired domestic home entertainment and television distribution rights to Senator's release slate, which included Clock Tower. The long delayed movie has also been pushed back and is set to begin filming in December. It is unknown if the movie will, yet again, be pushed back further.
On December 16, eight promotional artwork and teaser posters were posted online, along with a synopsis and a TBA 2009 release date. The posters show the Scissorman extensively and it appears as though he will be wielding two knives that can join together into a makeshift pair of scissors (like the Scissorman/Scissorwoman in Clock Tower 3 appearance) rather than his trademark pair of shears.
In February 2009 it was revealed by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group that Clock Tower would have a 2010 release, but as of September 2010, it appears the film once again has no director and was described by Martin Weisz as "officially in limbo".
On November 29, 2011, it was announced that David R. Ellis, director of Snakes on a Plane, was attached to the project as the director, and the tentative release date is for 2012.
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