wraggster
February 24th, 2014, 18:16
Sony Pictures has bought the rights to Console Wars, an upcoming account of how a small start-up named Sega took on the 1990s industry might of Nintendo.http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles/1/6/5/7/4/7/9/139325521912.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/70/format/jpg
Soon to be published in book form, Console Wars was written by author Blake Harris and includes testimonies from hundreds of people who witnessed first-hand Nintendo and Sega's many behind-the-scenes battles.Console Wars' film incarnation already has Knocked Up and This is the End star Seth Rogen signed up to co-write and direct,Book Trade (http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/52436) reports, alongside long-time collaborator Evan Goldberg.Rogen and Goldberg obviously have an interest in the material - the pair wrote the foreword for Console Wars the book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Console-Wars-Nintendo-Defined-Generation/dp/0062276697), which will be published on 19th June 2014.A straight documentary is in the works too, for which the pair will act as producers.Sony's film version has been labelled a "behind-the-scenes business thriller". Perhaps the original PlayStation will get a cameo?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-24-sony-developing-console-wars-film-that-pits-nintendo-vs-sega
Soon to be published in book form, Console Wars was written by author Blake Harris and includes testimonies from hundreds of people who witnessed first-hand Nintendo and Sega's many behind-the-scenes battles.Console Wars' film incarnation already has Knocked Up and This is the End star Seth Rogen signed up to co-write and direct,Book Trade (http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/52436) reports, alongside long-time collaborator Evan Goldberg.Rogen and Goldberg obviously have an interest in the material - the pair wrote the foreword for Console Wars the book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Console-Wars-Nintendo-Defined-Generation/dp/0062276697), which will be published on 19th June 2014.A straight documentary is in the works too, for which the pair will act as producers.Sony's film version has been labelled a "behind-the-scenes business thriller". Perhaps the original PlayStation will get a cameo?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-24-sony-developing-console-wars-film-that-pits-nintendo-vs-sega