Fox obtains movie rights for The Sims

In one of Hollywood's more puzzling moves, 20th Century Fox has acquired a license to produce a film based on The Sims, one of the least likely series to be made into a movie.

By Eugene Huang

Variety has recently reported that 20th Century Fox has brokered a deal with Electronic Arts that grants the film studio the right to produce a movie based on the best-selling Sims franchise.

Details regarding the film project are scant at the moment, but a few facts have been revealed. The movie is reported to be live-action, and will be produced by John Davis of Davis Entertainment (Norbit, Eragon). Brian Lynch (Scary Movie 3) has been hired to write the script, but both story and primary cast have yet to be revealed.

EA's Rod Humble will be attached to the film as a manager for the company's creative property, and will most likely be there to prevent the studio from straying from the source material. Regarding the film project, Humble had this to say:

"The Sims has done an interactive version of an old story, which is what it's like to have infinite power and how do you deal with it. Given that that's an old story, you can imagine how easily that would translate to traditional story telling."

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RatherDiva

What an amazing surprise to see The Sims get released to the big screen and I can say that when The Sims Movie gets released to the theaters Fox will score themselves a winner and The Sims fans and newbies will finally see what The Sims characters will be like in a real life setting and I can tell you that it will be a blockbuster hit and be a huge success for Fox and when The Sims Movie is coming out to theaters I will be the first to see it, Rathy

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