EA and Fox doing Spore movie

By Tom Bramwell Published 2 October, 2009

Ice Age man to direct. As in the film.

EA and Fox have teamed up to produce an animated CG movie based on Spore.

According to Variety, Ice Age director Chris Wedge will direct from a script written by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland.

"I'm always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation," said Wedge.

"From every perspective - visually, thematically and comedically - the world of Spore provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen."

EA is directly involved producing the movie with Blue Sky Studios, while the publisher's Patrick O'Brien and Lucy Bradshaw from Maxis will executive-produce.

Spore, which came out just over a year ago for PC, sees players guiding creatures from single cells through to complex space empires. You probably didn't miss it at the time, but if you did, check out our review.

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  • Spekingur #1 2 years ago

    Err, what the...
    It probably won't be released though, if it's going to go through the whole evolution process. Probably be opposed by those anti-evolutionists.

  • altitude2k #2 2 years ago

    It's one of those games where a story doesn't *really* exist and there's plenty of freedom to develop a brand new story for the screen.

    Can't think of a more fitting film for it to aspire to than Ice Age, either.

  • Pirotic #3 2 years ago

    According to IMDB it's production name is 'Attack of the giant penis monsters'

  • Eraysor #4 2 years ago

    Seems a bit pointless to me. Spore is so open ended, it could easily look nothing like the game and nobody would care.

  • The_Inquisitor #5 2 years ago

    Not as strange as the Pac-Man film that was rumoured a few years back.

    I still wish that came to be though... a giant yellow pizza eating psychedelic pills and ghosts... cinema gold right there!

  • Whizzo #6 2 years ago

    Maybe they could make a good game out of the film as a tie-in rather than the bollocks they released in the first place.

  • Nylz #7 2 years ago

    If I can design a creature before entering the movie theatre and see it back in the movie I might be interested...

    But on a serious note: What?

  • Retroid #8 2 years ago

    O_o

  • the_mtfr #9 2 years ago

    Pointless. Just like a Sims movie would be. Or SimCity. Or Civilization. Or Transport Tycoon.
    Edited by 2 at 02/10/09 @ 12:34

  • darkmorgado #10 2 years ago

    I'm sure I heard ages ago that they were going to do a Sims movie actually.

    Presumably it would be about a guy starving to death in the walls of his own house while the rest of family stand in the living room and wet themselves as their neighbours randomly let themselves in and out of the house.

  • Freek #11 2 years ago

    yup, there's also Sims movie in production.

  • davisorle #12 2 years ago

    I guess i have a different opinion. Its too interesting to make into a movie but Im too sure it will be bad :) Unfortunately. If it was though a huge production with a Spielberg behind and would expand into different kind of life wars etc with all the visuals and such would have some kind of good impact on a bigger audience. But yeah.. It will be bad I believe.

  • hiddenranbir #13 2 years ago

    They should totally cast my BABY TANK.

  • JensonJet #14 2 years ago

    "I'm sure I heard ages ago that they were going to do a Sims movie actually. Presumably it would be about a guy starving to death in the walls of his own house while the rest of family stand in the living room and wet themselves as their neighbours randomly let themselves in and out of the house." darkmorgado

    Hahahaha. Maybe the Sims movie you imagine could work as some strange Art House inspired student movie. I always imagined a Sims movie to be as interesting as an EastEnders or Coronation Street film. I think you're right, I'd rather watch a man starve to death than a big-screen soap opera movie.

  • Matthew_Hornet #15 2 years ago

    Hell yes! Finally some competition for the Asteroid movie!

    ...But seriously, the end times are coming.