Earlier today,
we got our first look at the direct-to-video Doom: Annihilation film, as Universal 1440 Entertainment releases a teaser trailer for the movie and — to be quite honest — it looks like it won't be winning over fans of the long-running demon-slaying series.
From what we could see in the teaser trailer, the movie looks extremely low-budget(although this could actually be a good thing if handed properly), but everything else looks simply underwhelming, as it doesn't really have that
DOOM vibe that fans of the series expect from a live-action movie; something that, surprisingly, the 2005
DOOM movie did have at times.
A quick glance at the like/dislike ration on the movie's teaser trailer reveals that fans are not on board with
Doom: Annihilation at all. Because of this, fans have taken to Twitter their questions about this live-action adaptation and one of them got a response from the official
DOOM Twitter account.
When Twitter user
NinjaTripleXXX asked the official Twitter accounts for
DOOM and idSoftware what their honest opinion on Universal 1440 Entertainment's
Doom: Annihilation was, the official Twitter account for
DOOM simply replied with a "
We're not involved with the movie". Ouch.
Now, this doesn't necessarily means that they didn't like what they saw in the
Doom: Annihilation teaser trailer but it is very likely that they just want to distance themselves as far from that movie as possible; especially since they're currently working on the
DOOM Eternal video game, which is exactly what fans want; and will likely need after watching what looks to be another mediocre video game movie adaptation.
Doom: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.
Doom: Annihilation will release at some point in fall of 2019.