Pirates, BioShock Film Director Taking on Second Life

by Nick Breckon, Dec 17, 2008 11:36am PST

Related Topics – Second Life, Hollywood

Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski (pictured left) has signed on to direct a film based on a 2007 Wall Street Journal article that centers around a 53-year-old Second Life player, according to Variety.

The article focuses on Ric Hoogestraat, a married man that maintains a second wife inside the avatar-based MMO. In the game, Hoogestraat is a successful, musclebound businessman that runs a private club. In reality, he's a chain-smoking diabetic. You get the picture.

Writer Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Frankie Howerd on Campus) has signed on to pen the screenplay.

Not new to game-related projects, Verbinski is also readying to direct the film adaptation of 2K Boston/Australia's BioShock.

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By: ColoradoCNC x Show Full Post

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This has the potential to either be mildly entertaining or completely retarded. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Dec 18, 2008 12:48am PST

This has the potential to either be mildly entertaining or completely retarded. I'm leaning towards the l... : ColoradoCNC

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no yiffy, no watchy

Dec 17, 2008 12:47pm PST

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Well, that is interesting..

Dec 17, 2008 11:38am PST

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  And pathetic. Apparently he spent six hours a night on the computer with his internet wife, ignoring his ... : BlackCyan
  - I think you should look at the picture of his real wife before you get too settled into your opinion. : Poor Yurik

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this sounds like a twisted take on shitty chick flick dating films... crap like "you've got mail" or something similar

Dec 17, 2008 3:14pm PST

this sounds like a twisted take on shitty chick flick dating films... crap like "you've got mail" or some... : -=kodiak=-

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This has potential... Right down to the diabetic, the references are eerily close to the book Killobyte by Piers Anthony. I recommend you guys read that btw, a fun and foward-looking book on MMOGs.

Dec 17, 2008 3:10pm PST

This has potential... Right down to the diabetic, the references are eerily close to the book Killobyte b... : beatbox32

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By: freakynipples69 x Show Full Post

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It's so fucking amazing that Hollywood is finally attaching A list filmmakers to video game adaptations. Perhaps the seemingly neverending trend of shitty video game films will finally come to an end.

Dec 17, 2008 3:02pm PST

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This could be good in a Lars and the Real Girl sort of way.

Dec 17, 2008 2:20pm PST

This could be good in a Lars and the Real Girl sort of way. : anhero

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Please God let his pretend wife be some toothless gay man in San Fran.

Dec 17, 2008 12:04pm PST

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Please God let his pretend wife be some toothless gay man in San Fran. : erebus
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  LOL! True... or else the plot twist could be that it is his real life wife all along... who is also tooth... : monchipeters
  - Only if they play that Pina Colada song during the reveal. : House

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I just can't work out any way in my head how this would be good an ANY way. How could this be good? This is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard for a movie. Maybe a throw away short story in a newspaper or something... a whole movie?!

Dec 17, 2008 2:02pm PST

I just can't work out any way in my head how this would be good an ANY way. How could this be good? Thi... : Gwyndion

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The movie will be a complete fail if there are no flying penises. I also expect 4chan to cause trouble and perhaps even SA.

Dec 17, 2008 1:36pm PST

The movie will be a complete fail if there are no flying penises. I also expect 4chan to cause trouble a... : Wombat Woo

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Is Verbinski the new Uwe?

Dec 17, 2008 12:51pm PST

Is Verbinski the new Uwe? : dlr(2)

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By: House x Show Full Post

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It'll be good to see John Goodman back on the big screen.

Dec 17, 2008 12:08pm PST

It'll be good to see John Goodman back on the big screen. : House

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Jesus christ, Hollywood. Knock it off.

Dec 17, 2008 11:57am PST

Jesus christ, Hollywood. Knock it off. : tomservo

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