October sees the return of the London Games Festival. From the 21st to the end of the month, London will bulge with events aimed at educating and exploring the world's most popular pastime. Ok, the world's second most popular pastime. Alright, one of the world's most popular pastimes. Forget all your preconceptions, this festival isn't about sitting shoulder to shoulder with spotty teenagers or socially inept 30-somethings, it's a celebration of the multi-billion pound industry. While this year's festival is a touch more modest than in previous years - perhaps due to that whole 'recession' thing - there's still plenty to see and do. So strap on a good pair of walking shoes and be prepared to learn a whole lot at these eye-opening events. London McM Expo 24th - 15th October £10/£13 Excel Centre The London movie, comic and media expo is a showcase for all the latest in, uh,...
- 10/14/2009
- by Richard Preston
- t5m.com
Spore creator Will Wright has said that his new studio Stupid Fun Club is "aggressively" working on three development projects. Speaking to VentureBeat, Wright revealed that "a couple" of the ventures are for games, but he is keen to look beyond the traditional horizons of the video games industry. "We are taking the games industry into other areas. We are expanding what we call the 'play industry'," he said, before later adding: "Our first product could be commercialised in six months to a year." Back in April, Wright gave up his position as head of EA's Maxis studio - (more)...
- 10/8/2009
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
EA has teamed up with 20th Century Fox to turn their popular creature creator game, Spore, into a motion picture, Variety reports. Writing the Spore script will be Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, the team behind Disney’s upcoming “The Princess and the Frog” and directing will be Chris Wedge, director of Ice Age and Robots.
“I’m always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation,” Wedge said. “From every perspective — visually, thematically and comedically — the world of ‘Spore’ provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen.”
Released in 2008, Spore allows players to create and evolve a species from its earliest stages to its development as an intelligent and social creature by mixing role playing, action, and strategy. EA Entertainment’s Patrick O’Brien will produce “Spore” with Lucy Bradshaw, VP of Maxis Studio, the studio that developed the game with Will Wright, creator of...
“I’m always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation,” Wedge said. “From every perspective — visually, thematically and comedically — the world of ‘Spore’ provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen.”
Released in 2008, Spore allows players to create and evolve a species from its earliest stages to its development as an intelligent and social creature by mixing role playing, action, and strategy. EA Entertainment’s Patrick O’Brien will produce “Spore” with Lucy Bradshaw, VP of Maxis Studio, the studio that developed the game with Will Wright, creator of...
- 10/6/2009
- by Cortney Zamm
- The Flickcast
20th Century Fox and EA are teaming up to make a movie adaptation of Spore. Gamasutra reports that this is the sixth EA movie spin-off in about a year, and this one will be directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age), who said of the adaptation, "From every perspective -- visually, thematically and comedically -- the world of Spore provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen."
This is exactly what game creator Will Wright hoped would happen last year when he talked about future plans for the tiel. "We're basically planting the seeds to spread Spore out to a much wider group of people than would ever play a computer game."
What I like about that quote is that it addresses the fundamental problem (so far) with video game movies. Very few of them are really developed as movies first and are instead games turned into movies.
This is exactly what game creator Will Wright hoped would happen last year when he talked about future plans for the tiel. "We're basically planting the seeds to spread Spore out to a much wider group of people than would ever play a computer game."
What I like about that quote is that it addresses the fundamental problem (so far) with video game movies. Very few of them are really developed as movies first and are instead games turned into movies.
- 10/3/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
20th Century Fox is developing a movie called ‘Spore.’ It is to be followed by a sequel titled ‘Mold’ with a third film to follow called ‘Fungus.’ And, if you catch that joke, you’re instantly in my cool book.
But, seriously, according to Heat Vision Blog, Fox has acquired the rights to the popular video game, ‘Spore,’ developed by Mr. Sim himself, Will Wright. The new film is to be developed as a CG-animated feature that will be directed by Chris Wedge, Fox Animation’s go-to guy who gave us the ‘Ice Age’ series and ‘Robots.’ The screenwriters behind Disney’s upcoming ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, are set to pen the screenplay.
The original game gave the player the power of evolution, letting them create a creature from the cellular level all the way up to global colonization. Not sure how they’re...
But, seriously, according to Heat Vision Blog, Fox has acquired the rights to the popular video game, ‘Spore,’ developed by Mr. Sim himself, Will Wright. The new film is to be developed as a CG-animated feature that will be directed by Chris Wedge, Fox Animation’s go-to guy who gave us the ‘Ice Age’ series and ‘Robots.’ The screenwriters behind Disney’s upcoming ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, are set to pen the screenplay.
The original game gave the player the power of evolution, letting them create a creature from the cellular level all the way up to global colonization. Not sure how they’re...
- 10/2/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here's another head scratcher of a movie coming down the production pipeline over at 20th Century Fox. According to Variety [1], Fox is teaming up with EA to bring Will Wright's evolutionary sim game Spore to the big screen as a CG-animated film. The game allows you invent a creature that can be guided over time from single-celled organism through to complex, intelligent species to an advanced civilization capable of intergalactic travel. Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots) will direct from a script that is being written by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (The Princess and the Frog). As crazy as this sounds, it still makes a little more sense than The Sims movie which is apparently in development. At least with this I can see it being similar to Pokemon or the animated adaptation of the Ricky Gervais book Flanimals, although the screenwriters will have a lot more room to...
- 10/2/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Video games are telling some amazing stories these days. Which one is the latest to be optioned? The one that has no plot or story, of course! Publisher EA has struck a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop a CGI animated film based on game Spore, developed over many years by The Sims creator Will Wright. Ice Age's Chris Wedge is currently attached to direct. Not only does Spore not have a plot, the creatures found within the game don't even have one specific look. Infinite variety is the whole point of the game; you create unique creatures that evolve over time from microscopic organisms into a race that might eventually span the galaxy. Variety quotes Wedge on the subject of the game: "I'm always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation. From every perspective -- visually, thematically and comedically -- the world of Spore provides...
- 10/2/2009
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
There are some mornings when I wake up, look at my RSS feed and mutter "oh no, not again" to myself. This was one of those mornings. I try, I really do, to be optimistic about every new movie I hear about. At least until there's enough out there to convince me otherwise. But the news this morning that Fox will partner with Electronic Arts to produce a CG-animated adaptation of the evolution simulating computer game "Spore"... I just have a hard time getting behind an idea like that.
This isn't to say there aren't good people involved. "Ice Age" director Chris Wedge will helm the adaptation, working with a script from Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, the same writing duo behind Disney's upcoming "The Princess and the Frog." Talents, no question. But "Spore"? I don't get it.
See, "Spore" the game is all about giving players the power to...
This isn't to say there aren't good people involved. "Ice Age" director Chris Wedge will helm the adaptation, working with a script from Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, the same writing duo behind Disney's upcoming "The Princess and the Frog." Talents, no question. But "Spore"? I don't get it.
See, "Spore" the game is all about giving players the power to...
- 10/2/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Electronic Arts’ bestselling videogame Spore, designed by legendary Sim City and The Sims creator Will Wright, will be adapted into an animated film by director Chris Wedge (the Ice Age films, Robots, the upcoming Leaf Men).
The game deals with the evolution of an entire species, from the tiniest little microscopic organism all the way to a species adapted enough to explore other planets. It’s a pretty huge concept, so while Wedge and writers Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will certainly need to find a coherent storyline to attach to the film, the idea is certainly great material for an animated film.
Erb and Oremland just finished handling writing duties on Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
Wedge, who’s also gearing up to direct the live-action film The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stated that he’s “always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation … from every perspective — visually,...
The game deals with the evolution of an entire species, from the tiniest little microscopic organism all the way to a species adapted enough to explore other planets. It’s a pretty huge concept, so while Wedge and writers Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will certainly need to find a coherent storyline to attach to the film, the idea is certainly great material for an animated film.
Erb and Oremland just finished handling writing duties on Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
Wedge, who’s also gearing up to direct the live-action film The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stated that he’s “always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation … from every perspective — visually,...
- 10/2/2009
- by John Cooper
- Atomic Popcorn
One year after Electronics Arts' genre-slicing RPG video game Spore came out, 20th Century Fox is announced as the movie studio that gets to make a movie from the IP. And it's going to be a computer generated animation movie that director Chris Wedge (Ice Age) is attached to make.
The studio has worked out deals with The Princess and the Frog screenwriters Jason Oremland and Greg Erb to come up with a way of turning creator Will Wright's fantasy sci-fi evolution gone amok game into a 90-minute movie. Blue Sky Studios, the same team that's made the Ice Age and Robots films, will code the flick.
Wright's game lets you design your own funky lifeform from scratch and then play it as your critter evolves up the food chain of your planet. The look, functionality and eventual evolved form of your creature is determined by your imagination and...
The studio has worked out deals with The Princess and the Frog screenwriters Jason Oremland and Greg Erb to come up with a way of turning creator Will Wright's fantasy sci-fi evolution gone amok game into a 90-minute movie. Blue Sky Studios, the same team that's made the Ice Age and Robots films, will code the flick.
Wright's game lets you design your own funky lifeform from scratch and then play it as your critter evolves up the food chain of your planet. The look, functionality and eventual evolved form of your creature is determined by your imagination and...
- 10/2/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
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Integrated with geo-located Wikipedia entries and photos from Panoramia, Google Earth ties viewing perspective to the phone's tilt. Also available on BlackBerry.
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Security wait times, gates and baggage areas, and flight delays updated in real time? We're there.
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Turn the phone sideways for an immediate, detailed stock chart. Monitor leading and lagging firms or a hypercustomized portfolio. Also available on BlackBerry.
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A top app despite the hefty price tag, BeeJive merges all major chat platforms and lets you send email, images, voice clips, and PDFs, all directly from chat.
- 7/3/2009
- Fast Company
A new site gathers insights from today's great thinkers, and links them up, so you can choose your adventure.
Jonathan Harris, one of today's most brilliant interactive designers, has just revealed his newest project: Sputnik Observatory, a video Web site loaded with 200 interviews, with some of the greatest minds of our day.
The tagline captures it: "Extraordinary minds shaping modern thought." They feature big brains such as Will Wright, the inventor of The Sims and Spore, talking about the future of sensory input; Vint Cerf, the guru that led the creation of our internet protocols, about futuristic bio-interfaces; and Bruce Sterling, the science-fiction writer, talking about how medicine and cybernetics will evolve.
But what's most interesting--and where Harris' interactive know-how comes to bear--is that the videos are linked by theme, so that you can hopscotch between the big thinkers. Using that hyper-linkage, you can create a choose-your-own adventure of the intellect,...
Jonathan Harris, one of today's most brilliant interactive designers, has just revealed his newest project: Sputnik Observatory, a video Web site loaded with 200 interviews, with some of the greatest minds of our day.
The tagline captures it: "Extraordinary minds shaping modern thought." They feature big brains such as Will Wright, the inventor of The Sims and Spore, talking about the future of sensory input; Vint Cerf, the guru that led the creation of our internet protocols, about futuristic bio-interfaces; and Bruce Sterling, the science-fiction writer, talking about how medicine and cybernetics will evolve.
But what's most interesting--and where Harris' interactive know-how comes to bear--is that the videos are linked by theme, so that you can hopscotch between the big thinkers. Using that hyper-linkage, you can create a choose-your-own adventure of the intellect,...
- 7/1/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
By Adam Rosenberg
Will Wright’s “Spore” is many things, but ‘ambitious’ trumps them all. The evolution simulator sometimes stumbles beneath the weight of its too many lofty goals, but what it nails it does so with wild abandon. The scope of everything, the ability to share created content of every type across a unified, solo player-focused network, the God-like act of creation… these are all things that work marvelously well. If the majority of gamers out there have any complaint, is that there’s somehow not enough depth to satisfy a more experienced player.
“Spore Galactic Adventures,” the first major gameplay expansion, is an effort to change that. “Spore” has an endless late-game; players who are able to reach the final Space Stage with their created species see the galaxy open up before them into thousands – perhaps more – of discrete star systems, each with planets that can be colonized,...
Will Wright’s “Spore” is many things, but ‘ambitious’ trumps them all. The evolution simulator sometimes stumbles beneath the weight of its too many lofty goals, but what it nails it does so with wild abandon. The scope of everything, the ability to share created content of every type across a unified, solo player-focused network, the God-like act of creation… these are all things that work marvelously well. If the majority of gamers out there have any complaint, is that there’s somehow not enough depth to satisfy a more experienced player.
“Spore Galactic Adventures,” the first major gameplay expansion, is an effort to change that. “Spore” has an endless late-game; players who are able to reach the final Space Stage with their created species see the galaxy open up before them into thousands – perhaps more – of discrete star systems, each with planets that can be colonized,...
- 6/23/2009
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
Famed video game designer Will Wright has left publisher Electronic Arts. He has departed to run side-project Stupid Fun Club, a thank tank studio for producing new game ideas, according to Eurogamer. However, as the publisher is the principal shareholder in the studio, it reserves the right to use its ideas in future games. In a statement, Wright said that he looks forward to continue working with his old colleagues under the new studio. "In my twelve years at EA, I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most (more)...
- 4/10/2009
- by By Matthew Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Electronic Arts announced today that EA is making an equity investment in Stupid Fun Club, Will Wright's new company. Stupid Fun Club will develop new Intellectual Properties not only in video game form, but also for movies, television, the internet, and toys. Will Wright will be leaving Maxis, developer of The Sims, to run Stupid Fun Club. EA will be an equal partner, along with having the right to develop game concepts from Stupid Fun Club projects. .The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change,. said Will Wright. .Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In...
- 4/9/2009
- by Hector Cortez
- Monsters and Critics
Sega's Empire: Total War has maintained its position at the top of the PC chart for the third week running. Football Manager 2009 remains in second, while Dawn Of War II loses out to Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X in the race for third. While H.A.W.X is this week's only new entry, Will Wright's Spore re-enters the chart at eight, above Red Alert 3, which drops to ninth. The top ten in full: 1. (1) Empire: Total War (Sega)
2. (2) Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
3. (-) Tom Clancy's (more)...
2. (2) Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
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- 3/23/2009
- by By Liam Martin
- Digital Spy
Sega's latest Rts title Empire: Total War has become the new PC number one within its first week of release. Former long-standing chart-topper Football Manager 2009 remains rooted to second, while last week's number one Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II drops to third. At the bottom of the chart, Will Wright's Spore re-enters at ten, below The Sims 2: Apartment Life at nine and F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin at eight. The top ten in full: 1. (-) Empire: Total War (Sega) (trailer)
2. (2) Football Manager 2009 (more)...
2. (2) Football Manager 2009 (more)...
- 3/10/2009
- by By Liam Martin
- Digital Spy
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II has knocked Football Manager 2009 off the top of the PC chart after 13 weeks. Sega's popular management title drops one place to second, while F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin also drops one place to third. Electronic Arts' Sims 2 expansion packs both feature in the top ten, with Double Deluxe climbing two places to five and Apartment Life holding on to sixth. Will Wright's evolution title Spore climbs three places to re-enter the chart at eight, above GTA IV, which falls four places to ninth. The top ten in full: 1. (-) Warhammer 40,000: (more)...
- 2/24/2009
- by By Liam Martin
- Digital Spy
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