Disney, Bruckheimer, JM Straczynski make Shattered Union movie

[Syt]

In a major WTF (wasn't sure whether to post here on on ther games forum):



Disney's Shattered Union

Bruckheimer brings in Straczynski to adapt videogame.
by Scott Collura

October 27, 2009 - Jerry Bruckheimer has brought in writer J. Michael Straczynski to adapt 2K Games' Shattered Union for Disney.

The game depicts a world where civil and political unrest overtake the United States, resulting in the secession of several states from the union and civil war. Along the way, Washington, D.C., is destroyed in a nuclear blast which also kills the president and most of the members of Congress. Shattered Union is a strategy game which allows players to control one of the warring group of states or a European peacekeeping force.

Straczynski, best known to shut-ins as the creator of Babylon 5, has been doing the feature film thing these days. He wrote Clint Eastwood's Changeling, the upcoming Ninja Assassin, and a draft of World War Z. He's also reported in today's Variety story about Shattered Union to be "penning a Silver Surfer pic at Fox and a Forbidden Planet reboot at Warner Bros.," though that Surfer film would seem unlikely to be going anywhere at the moment considering the reception that the Fantastic Four sequel featuring the character received a couple of years back.

Jerry Bruckheimer Films also has the videogame adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in the works at Disney.

[Lettow77]

 This will bring recognition to actual secession in America. I am cautiously looking forward to this.

[Siege]

The game looked great, but when I bought it, the gameplay was subpar, inferior even to Panzer General 3, which is exactly the same type of game.

For example, AAAs  and SAMs wouldn't automatically engage planes coming into their range, and artillery wouldn't fire automaticaly fire support missions to aid friendly units under enemy attack.

I was very disappointed by the gameplay.

[Razgovory]

That game was terrible.  It was like a crappy version of Panzer general.

Unfortunately for Lettow it really isn't about succession, it's about conquering the US.  And the whole thing is a Russian plot or something.

[Kleves]

It was a shitty game, but it's nice to see JMS moving up in the world.

[CountDeMoney]

Gay.

[chipwich]

What a bizzare choice. I thought I'd never hear about that game again

[Darth Wagtaros]

Meh.  RIFTS was given out to Jerry Brukheimer.  This is just to generate some publicity most like.

[grumbler]

This will bring recognition to actual secession in America. I am cautiously looking forward to this.

If all you dudes who live in your parents' basements secede from the Union, who will even notice?

[Faeelin]

Ah, Straczynski. Once, you were great.

[grumbler]

Ah, Straczynski. Once, you were great.

Once, was great and poor, now rich and acclaimed.  I think he can live with the difference.

[Josquius]

I liked that game.
Short but sweet. Not as...beardy and time consuming as Panzer General.
A bit wtf that they'd be making a film of it though- how hard would it be to take the basic idea of the US breaking up and making a coherant story around it?>

[Razgovory]

This will bring recognition to actual secession in America. I am cautiously looking forward to this.

If all you dudes who live in your parents' basements secede from the Union, who will even notice?

Hey!

[grumbler]

I liked that game.
Short but sweet. Not as...beardy and time consuming as Panzer General.
A bit wtf that they'd be making a film of it though- how hard would it be to take the basic idea of the US breaking up and making a coherant story around it?>

I daresay they think that the association with the name will improve sales.

[Josquius]

I daresay they think that the association with the name will improve sales.

But wasn't it just a cheap, minor xbox game that sold moderate numbers?
Not exactly Halo or GTA or even Command and Conquer.