Sold the rights to the screen version of the game The Sims
Hollywood newspaper Variety writes that the largest developer and publisher of computer games, Electronic Arts, on Monday sold the rights to film the most popular game in the entire history - The Sims, along with all additions and extensions for it.
The buyer was the film company 20th Century Fox. The film will be shot on the game by John Davis (John Davis), on whose account such paintings as “Norbit's Tricks”, “When a Stranger Calls” and “Eragon”. The basis of the film will be the plot, according to which the hero suddenly gets unlimited power over others. The idea is not new in general, so there should not be big problems with the script.
The Sims game for its seven-year history sold around the world in the amount of 85 million copies and brought its authors $ 1.6 billion. Its creator is Will Wright.