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07-30-2009, 06:26 AM
In the continued onslaught of game-to-film adaptations, the PS3 exclusive open-world superhero-action title inFAMOUS has been tapped for the big-screen treatment.
Sony Pictures is currently bidding for the rights to the game, a no-brainer since the title was published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Avi and Ari Arad will produce the film – to be scripted by Sheldon Turner – which involves an everyday bike messenger named Cole MacGrath who is transformed into a lightening-powered bad-ass in the wake of a mysterious explosion.
The game, which allows the player to skew good or bad, follows Cole as he takes down three of the city's most nefarious gangs and uncovers a conspiracy of comic-book proportions.
"What excited me most about the game was it was the first of which I've come across that had a big idea and a character arc," Turner said. "It is, I believe, the future of gaming. The game, while big and fun, is at its core a love ballad to the underachiever, which is what our hero, Cole McGrath, is."
Turner is currently scripting a comic-book himself, Warrior, for Top Cow and is best known as the screenwriter of The Longest Yard and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel film.
Avi and Ari Arad are currently working on another videogame film, the adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Sony Pictures is currently bidding for the rights to the game, a no-brainer since the title was published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Avi and Ari Arad will produce the film – to be scripted by Sheldon Turner – which involves an everyday bike messenger named Cole MacGrath who is transformed into a lightening-powered bad-ass in the wake of a mysterious explosion.
The game, which allows the player to skew good or bad, follows Cole as he takes down three of the city's most nefarious gangs and uncovers a conspiracy of comic-book proportions.
"What excited me most about the game was it was the first of which I've come across that had a big idea and a character arc," Turner said. "It is, I believe, the future of gaming. The game, while big and fun, is at its core a love ballad to the underachiever, which is what our hero, Cole McGrath, is."
Turner is currently scripting a comic-book himself, Warrior, for Top Cow and is best known as the screenwriter of The Longest Yard and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel film.
Avi and Ari Arad are currently working on another videogame film, the adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.