Agent ONE Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Universal to put Gellar in Wonderland By Borys Kit and John Gaudiosi Universal Pictures is making "Alice," an adaptation of video game "American McGee's Alice," with Sarah Michelle Gellar attached to star for director Marcus Nispel. "Alice" is based on the Electronic Arts game created by American McGee, a lead designer of the "Quake" and "Doom" series of games. EA's game is based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" novels, which are in the public domain. In the game, Alice has grown up to become a disturbed young woman. After her parents are killed in a fire, Alice returns to Wonderland, a dark and threatening place of looking glasses, mysterious potions, nonsensical tea parties and talking animals, confronting her fears and the wicked Queen of Hearts. Erich and Jon Hoeber will adapt the screenplay. Julie Yorn of Firm Films and Scott Faye of Collision Entertainment will produce. Karen Lauder of Abandon Entertainment and JoAnne Colonna of Firm Films will executive produce. Universal vp production Damien Saccani will oversee the project for the studio. "American McGee's Alice" became a critically acclaimed hit on the PC when it shipped in December 2000. The game received an 83% aggregate review score on Gamerankings.com, which helped publisher EA sell more than 488,000 units of the game and generate more than $11.8 million in revenue, the NPD Group said. That same month, Dimension Films optioned the movie rights to McGee's "Alice" from EA -- because he was an EA employee at the time, McGee did not own the rights to the game. McGee was brought in by producer Faye ("The Reaper") to pitch the game to Dimension. John August was assigned the first draft of the script and Wes Craven was attached to produce and direct. McGee was attached as a co-producer and received a separate first-look deal from Dimension. Gellar, who appeared in "The Grudge," will next shoot Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales." She is repped by UTA, the Firm and attorney Kevin Yorn. Nispel, repped by CAA and attorney David Weber, directed "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." --------- This only matters to me because I know American McGee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effect Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 This is great news I feel. I really enjoyed playing AM' Alice. I always wondered what a movie would be like. Dark is obvious but I wonder how people will accept it. I think you'll get a good deal of peopel checking out just to see what this version of Alice in Wonderland is like, especially if that angle is greatly played up. Yet it might get a lot of heat for turning a childhood story into something so dark. Either way I don't think it will go unnoticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 seems very interesting, i have never played the game but i saw the figures that were released for it. i wonder how people will take this incarnation of a classic. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Yet it might get a lot of heat for turning a childhood story into something so dark. Either way I don't think it will go unnoticed. Wich would be horribly amusing, considering that many "childhood" stories are actually quite dark, or at least quite a bit darker than they're presented when Disney and company get ahold of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 OMG YES!!!! This is my FAVORITE computer game ever.... I LOVE it. American McGee is awesome. And for the record, Into the Looking Glass and many of Lewis Caroll's otehr works are pretty dark in themselves.... Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, the Jabberwock.... not Disney stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effect Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) Yet it might get a lot of heat for turning a childhood story into something so dark. Either way I don't think it will go unnoticed. Wich would be horribly amusing, considering that many "childhood" stories are actually quite dark, or at least quite a bit darker than they're presented when Disney and company get ahold of them. True. I keep forgetting about that. Some of those storys were dark in their own right. It's been a while since I've read them, though I'm gald my mom picked up a collection of those stories. In fact she's the one that first let me know of the differences years ago. I had only know the Disney versions until then. Edited June 21, 2005 by Effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Peter Pan, Wizard of OZ and most of the Brothers Grimm are incredibly twisted and dark, disney and most other family entertainment corps take these classics, neuter them and present them as childrens movies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Jenius Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Your apartment's old owner has been busy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWR MKII Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I hope they get the sameVO actor for the CAT. The guy in the game was perfect. Sounded like the same guy who played Sydney in that TV show the Pretender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 i read somewhere these "children/bedroom stories" original intentions were to SCARE kids to bed. Not bore them to sleep. But good news on this. AM's Alice was an excellent game in terms of level design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Border Red Devil Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bromgrev Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Oh, damn. Another potential copyright lawsuit when I finally get my graphic novel version published ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gui Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Let's see if this will turn better than the (so-called) DOOM movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 You mean the one that isn't about the gate of hell opening, doesnt take place on mars, and doesnt have marines in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalist Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 You mean the one that isn't about the gate of hell opening, doesnt take place on mars, and doesnt have marines in it? Well thats the problem. It has MARINES, in it. As in plural. I really hate marketing and how they screw everything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I hope they get the sameVO actor for the CAT. The guy in the game was perfect. Amen to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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