Project Yellow Sphere reveals Pac-Man's origins

With a movie adaption of Battleship coming out this summer, it's only a matter of time before the movie companies run out of board games and  move on to turning every classic video game they can find into a movie. When Pac-Mac's time comes though, those filmmakers are going to have to this up to this — a fan-made Pac-Man movie.

Clocking in at just over six minutes, this extended trailer gives the Internet a glimpse at what Pac-Man could be like on screen.



Here's a bit more information about the project from Project Yellow Sphere, the website for the fan-made film.

What the heck is a Pac-Man? What are the ghosts? What and/or where is this blinking blue maze? And how exactly can a hungry yellow ball exit on the left side of the screen, and re-appear again on the right? On the surface, it was absolute, utterly random nonsense.  

Then James Farr wrote a script. And suddenly … it WASN’T.  

It soon became Steelehouse’s mission on earth to create PAC-MAN The Movie – a concept that would not only blow people’s minds, but explain once and for all just how PAC-MAN makes sense in a live action world.  

One year later, and that mission is complete. A childhood dream made real through the tireless efforts of EVERYONE at Steelehouse Productions. As a studio full of gamers, movie buffs, 80s kids and PAC-MAN fans, we threw everything we had at this piece. And then some.  

It is our love letter to the 80s, to PAC-MAN, and to NAMCO for helping make our childhoods so much fun. This is the movie we’ve waited our entire lives to see.  

The greatest 80s movie never made.

Nice work, team Project Yellow Sphere. Once again, this is why the Internet is awesome.