Iconic war movie 'Apocalypse Now' getting its own videogame

Francis Ford Coppola is developing an interactive, psychological horror videogame based on his epic Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now," and is asking the public to contribute $900,000 toward the cost of making it. The Oscar-winning director launched a Kickstarter page to raise funds for the game, which he said would take about three years to develop. The interactive game will involve role playing with gamers taking on the character of U.S. army Captain Willard, who is on a secret mission to assassinate renegade Colonel Kurtz (played by Marlon Brando), the director said in a statement. "Apocalypse Now" is now regarded as one of the most influential war films of all time and in 2000 was chosen for preservation by the U.S. National Film Registry.