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'''''Doom''''' is a 2005 [[Science fiction film|science fiction]]<ref name="Ebert"/>[[Action film|action]] [[Horror film|horror]] film directed by [[Andrzej Bartkowiak]]. Loosely based on the [[Doom (franchise)|video game series of the same name]] by [[id Software]], the film stars [[Karl Urban]], [[Rosamund Pike]], [[Razaaq Adoti]], and [[Dwayne Johnson]] (credited as The Rock). In the film, marines are sent on a rescue mission to a facility on Mars, where they encounter demonic-like creatures.
After [[film rights]] deals with [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]] and [[Columbia Pictures]] expired, id Software signed a deal with [[Warner Bros.]] with the stipulation that the film would be [[green-light|greenlit]] within a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2005/12/03/id_software/page2.html |title=Interview with id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead (page two) |website=Tom's Games |access-date=June 25, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206004733/http://us.tomsgames.com/us/2005/12/03/id_software/page2.html|archive-date=December 6, 2008|first=David|last=Konow|date=December 3, 2005|publisher=Bestofmedia Group}}</ref> Warner Bros. lost the rights, which were subsequently given back to Universal, which started production in 2004. The film was an international [[co-production (media)|co-production]] of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
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