Rumors of a "Metroid" movie have circulated in Hollywood for decades, but they never got closer to actually happening than the John Woo film first announced in 2004. At the time, Nintendo's sci-fi ...

noting that some foreign film critics had praised the film as classic Woo but those with knowledge of the director’s local works found it disappointing.

A Metroid movie was in development between Nintendo and John Woo, but it never came together thanks to the box office failure of Catwoman.