General Mafia Wars Game Movie Adaptation

[The Helper]

It would appear Hollywood executives are spending too much free time on Facebook. A film adaptation of the interactive Facebook game Mafia Wars is now in development. To be honest, I’m surprised it beat Farmville to the big screen.

If you have yet to “hide” the Mafia Wars game on your Facebook news feed, this should come as no surprise. The onslaught of ridiculous movie ideas has hit rock bottom at least 10 times in the last year alone, but this is another new low.

Of course, there is a built in fan base of 25.9 million Mafia Wars subscribers. An optimistic executive likely pitched the idea along with a “guaranteed” $259 million box office. But this is how the film industry thinks in 2010. It’s all about the money in this new age of cinema.

Pajiba reported the news with a certain level of disappointment that we share. The studio in charge of the project should be enough proof that this could be an epic failure: Radar Pictures, the same studio behind Swing Vote, The Invention of Lying, All About Steve, Everybody’s Fine, and The Box. Writers are currently being sought for the project.

More about it here.

 

[Monsterous]

Oh good gravy.
This is very, very bad.

Maybe the servers disconnect during the film, ending the film early due to the writers being lazy D:

 

[BANANAMAN]

I lol'ed hard.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

Objective journalism at its finest.

 

[thewrongvine]

Objective journalism at its finest.

lols,

I'm gonna laugh if this actually turns out into a good, epic movie.

~Hai-Bye-Vine~

 

[SineCosine]

Craig: We need to 'hit' someone, wanna' come with?
Don: No can do; and you can't, too.
Craig: Why not?
Don: We need 2 motorcycles, 3 machine guns and a puppy.
Craig: Damn, I better ask the godfather to send me some stamina while I ask around for some of those items we need.
Don: You go do that, here, an energy pack for you.
Craig: Thanks, man. But seriously a puppy?

Don: Damn straight.

 

[esb]

You'd be an awesome writer for this movie

 

[Jackal]

How would this work? Mafia Wars has no plot.

 

[Samael88]

Mafia Wars has no plot.

This is where you are wrong people, mafia wars has a minor plot that you can read about as you finish the mission tiers if you don't just click the text boxes away

I think that SineCosines Idea would make a better movie:thup:

 

[Wiseman_2]

A little part of my faith in the film industry just died. And as it wasn't very big to start with, I'd say it's on the critical list right now.

 

[seph ir oth]

This is just a rumor, it seems.

Radar Pictures is denying it thus far, and it's not official on IMDB.

Don't freak out too early, guys.

 

[KillerChi]

A terrible game getting a movie? I lol'd.

 

[Catastrophic]

Wow.... just wow...

 

[Slapshot136]

well seeing how there is already a halo movie coming out, its not too surprising, and they haven't revealed much, meaning they can still cancel it relatively easily if that movie doesn't sell well

 

[ElderKingpin]

you are going to turn a text-based game. Into a movie. Pure GENIUS.

 

[Monsterous]

well seeing how there is already a halo movie coming out, its not too surprising, and they haven't revealed much, meaning they can still cancel it relatively easily if that movie doesn't sell well

I believe it got cancelled, the halo movie.

 

[seph ir oth]

I believe it got cancelled, the halo movie.

RGSIJOGRIJOGRGRJ MOVIE NOOBS!

The Halo movie was canceled long ago, but its resources was used to create District 9 (ever notice how the aliens in that movie look like the flying bug aliens in Halo?).

READ MY POSTS. This movie will NOT happen. It's a big ugly rumor.

 

[Slapshot136]

you are going to turn a text-based game. Into a movie. Pure GENIUS.

similar to how text-based books get turned into movies, right?

 

[ElderKingpin]

:O. Thats a good point. But books explain where you are, it details the world that the author had imagined. Mafia wars doesnt do that

 

[SineCosine]

You're out of energy.
Please use an energy pack, get some from the godfather or ask for some from a friend.

Seems pretty detailed.