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Toy Story scribes to adapt Zynga cash cow?

A movie based on Zynga's social gaming behemoth FarmVille could be heading to the big screen, according to an IGN report.

Apparently Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen, the writing duo behind Pixar landmark Toy Story and upcoming Activision kids' game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, are in talks to pen the script.

"We are also working on several new and very exciting opportunities," replied one of the pair when asked about their future plans.

"We're in conversations with Zynga to do something with one of their brands. Can't really say too much on that front yet, but 'Old MacDonald' didn't have a factory, if you get our drift."

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Koozer #1 8 months ago

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No.
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sfp_noodle #2 8 months ago

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Are they seriously serious?
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NeonStorm #3 8 months ago

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Yuck.
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Caimbeul #4 8 months ago

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Oh for fuck sake. Why!?
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Dizzy #5 8 months ago

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What a joke. Instant fail.
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spliffhead #6 8 months ago

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Is it April 1st?
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Kill_Crazy #7 8 months ago

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Is it April already?
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arcam #8 8 months ago

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This could be really good if they get a good director, and maybe Nathan Fillion to play the cow.
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MikkyX #9 8 months ago

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Will you have to buy the movie in small chunks or you can watch it really slowly for free?
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KreyAtiv #10 8 months ago

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Will there be a subplot where he happens to sleep in and misses his chance to harvest his watermelons in time and only comes out in time to see them whiter and die?
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shikz #11 8 months ago

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sigh this is where most FAIL .... stop ...WE MIGHT not like it but if kids find it fun then leave em to it wish adults would stop dissing kids movies and let them enjoy them ...i mean they will never be as good as the 80's but what can u do eh
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Jamash #12 8 months ago

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I hope it stars Steven Segal as a organic farmer who's under pressure to sell his land to a evil corporation like Monsanto.

I also hope there's a climatic scene in which Farmer Segal drives his Combine Harvester through the HQ of the evil corporation to the soundtrack of a Segal cover of the Wurzels.

Preferably it should feature Billy Murray as the evil head of the evil corporation and Craig Fairbrass as his henchman.

It should also star Megan Fox as Daisy, the cow Farmer Segal loves but doesn't fully realise the depth of his love until Daisy is taken to the evil corporation's slaughterhouse, which is the pivotal point in the film which turns Segal from a mild mannered bumpkin into a gun toting badass.
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Dr_Cowley #13 8 months ago

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Trailers already up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfzme8wyh...
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captain_Carl #14 8 months ago

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how do you even make a film out of a fucking farming game?
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geeza2020 #15 8 months ago

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W.T.F???
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Hantheman #16 8 months ago

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How the fuck...

How can people look seriously at this kind of capitalism and say it's not killing the world in every way?

/politcal
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kinky_mong #17 8 months ago

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@Jamesh: You are a fucking genius! Here's a blank cheque, make that film happen! Only one stipulation, we want a wise cracking goat voiced by which ever sellout black comedian is hot right now.
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Kanjin #18 8 months ago

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Depends how meta they are. If it's about some guy slowly driving away all his friends and family in pursuit of a silly addiction with meaningless achievements and how it's changed gaming it could really be an interesting watch.
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mumblyjoe #19 8 months ago

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I don't want to live on this planet anymore
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Ahskay #20 8 months ago

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Choose Eddie Murphy for that goat, a donkey or a goat is only a small step anyway...
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digitalash #21 8 months ago

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That's right Kanjin, as Hollywood knows black people are only good for wisecracking and inexplicably always being the demolitions expert.
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metroid455 #22 8 months ago

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WHAAAAAAAAT?
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geox30 #23 8 months ago

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It will be free to watch too,but if you want to see the ending you have to pay.
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Skelter #24 8 months ago

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I'm gonna be 1st in line for this bad boy!!!
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Subdominator #25 8 months ago

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Let's neg #6 and promote #7 just for the lulz.
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3william56 #26 8 months ago

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Jobs isn't even in his grave, and he's spinning already if his Pixar baby gets associated with this whored out crap.
Hollywood is over. Games based on computer games are bad enough, even when there's a decent story to butcher. F*cking Battleships, Monopoly movies this year, and now this? It'd be a great joke if it wasn't true. The studios are officially beyond parody.
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airjoca #27 8 months ago

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They made a movie based on a famous disney ride...

And everyone loved it.
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Lusterpurge #28 8 months ago

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Didn't they make a movie about Facebook? I'm glad the suits at Hollywood are more open to creativity than the commenters here.
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Slipstream #29 8 months ago

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Trying to think of something to say, I don't even...
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ShiroBen #30 8 months ago

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No but seriously now, it's not funny to joke about these things.
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hoster #31 8 months ago

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"Apparently Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen, the writing duo behind Pixar landmark Toy Story"

Fuck off. Toy Story was written by Joss Whedon.
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Farzlepot #32 8 months ago

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@Lusterpurge,

They did a movie about the creation of Facebook and the people behind it, not Facebook itself. What they're talking about here is making a movie based on one of Zynga's actual brands, not necessarily the creation of said brand.

This movie will go in one of two directions - it will either be a completely steaming pile of horse manure, or it will be astounding. I don't see it managing to be a middle-of-the-road, 'alright' kind of thing. But I don't really care, as I won't be watching it either way.
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lambchop #33 8 months ago

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I Hope there's a part in this for Mark Wahlberg.........
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Korpers #34 8 months ago

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Wait, so the Halo movie news is all bollox, but the farmville movie is a dead cert?

Kill me now.....
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