Saw Writers Take On "God Of War" Script

"Pacific Rim" writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan will rewrite the script for the film version of the best-selling video game series "God of War" says Heat Vision.

The first game followed the battles of the Spartan warrior Kratos, who squares off against mythological beasts including Medusa, Cyclops and the Hydra in his quest to find Pandora's Box and destroy Ares, the god of war. By the end of the third game, much of the Greek pantheon lay dead at Kratos' feet. The game is famous for its graphics and imaginative environments, its often copied gameplay, and its doses of sex and extreme violence.

David Self wrote a previous draft of the screenplay.

Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are the producing the film.