Days Gone fans frustrated by \u201cridiculous\u201d rumored Sam Heughan movie casting Bend Studios, StarzDays Gone fans are up in arms over the alleged casting of Sam Heughan as Deacon St. John in the upcoming Days Gone movie from Sony PlayStation Productions. Sony PlayStation Productions are moving full steam ahead with their plans for game adaptation movies. While the cinematic debut of Uncharted received a mixed critical reception, the Tom Holland-starring adventure is now the fifth highest-grossing video game movie of all time. John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski is working on a Ghost of Tsuhsima movie, and now, Bend Studios\u2019 Days Gone is seemingly the next game to get a theatrical debut. However, the rumored casting of Outlander\u2019s Sam Heughan in the lead role has avid fans and the game\u2019s dev team calling for Sam Witwer\u2019s return. Days Gone fans call for Sam Witwer\u2019s return amid early casting rumors Outlander star and potential James Bond frontrunner Sam Heughan is rumoured (via Deadline) to be in talks with Sony PlayStation Productions about starring in Days Gone. Heughan\u2019s attachment to the Days Gone movie has yet to be confirmed officially but fans of the divisive game are already frustrated by Heughan\u2019s involvement. The games lead character, Deacon St. John, was voiced and motion captured by Star Wars franchise alum Sam Witwer. Jeff Ross, the game director of Days Gone, said that its \u201cabsolutely ridiculous they aren\u2019t casting Sam Witwer.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s got the physicality, the right look, and he can motherf****** act,\u201d added Ross. Fans of Witwer have echoed Ross\u2019s statement, with Twitter user @uber_kryptonian stating \u201cDeacon St. John isn\u2019t just voiced by Sam Witwer, it\u2019s his complete likeness and performance.\u201d The avid fan added that \u201cSam Witwer IS Deacon. He should be the one playing him in the Days Gone film.\u201d The writer of the game, John Garvin, clarified that he\u2019s \u201cnot involved\u201d and would love to see a \u201ccreated by\u201d credit. However, the writer clarified that \u201cSony owns the IP and is under no obligation.\u201d The project will be written by Oscar nominated screenwriter, Sheldon Turner, with his vision looking to be a \u201cbe a love ballad to motorcycle movies, the bike being Deacon\u2019s sole form of transportation, his horse in this would-be modern-day western.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Days Gone fans frustrated by \u201cridiculous\u201d rumored Sam Heughan movie casting Bend Studios, StarzDays Gone fans are up in arms over the alleged casting of Sam Heughan as Deacon St. John in the upcoming Days Gone movie from Sony PlayStation Productions. Sony PlayStation Productions are moving full steam ahead with their plans for game adaptation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}