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Cinematical Game Movies: Bruckheimer to Adapt 'Shattered Union' Video Game
GameLife: Bruckheimer Sees Box Office Gold in 2K’s Shattered Union Game
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Bruckheimer is plotting a civil war at Disney, tapping J. Michael Straczynski to adapt 2K Games' "Shattered Union." (http://bit.ly/3vYh3b) 10/27/2009 |
Bruckheimer to Adapt 'Shattered Union' Video Game
Cinematical Game Movies —
Filed under: Action, Disney, Games and Game Movies, WarNow how's this for a cool premise? "U.S. states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington, D.C., is wiped out in a nuclear blast and chaos ravages the nation." Sounds like it could make for a fairly novel action flick, eh? Well, as Variety informs us, that's the exact plot of a 2005 video game called Shattered Union. (Just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it's not good. If you've played this one, leave us a mini-review in the comments section.) ...
Bruckheimer Sees Box Office Gold in 2K’s Shattered Union Game
GameLife —
Jerry Bruckheimer has hired writer J. Michael Straczynski to adapt the videogame Shattered Union for the silver screen, reports Variety.
The turn-based tactics game released by 2K Games in 2005 imagines the U.S. split by civil war after an unpopular presidency. Washington, D.C. is demolished by a nuclear blast, states secede from the union and war is waged on American soil.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, best known for steering the Pirates of the Caribbean series toward El Dorado, is finishing his big-screen adaptation of the game Prince of Persia.
J. Michael Straczynski was the show ...
