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Bruckheimer Taps Straczynski For Video Game Movie "Shattered Union"

Jerry Bruckheimer at Disney Studios, is plotting a civil war movie with J. Michael (Babylon 5) Straczynski to adapt "Shattered Union," to destroy America.



In the strategy video game which was released in 2005, 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. Game players control one of the warring group of states which are; the California Commonwealth, Republic of Texas and New England Alliance are 3 of the 6 or a European peacekeeping unit sent to reunify America.

Straczynski, martial-arts movie "Ninja Assassin" is out November 25th via Warner Brothers, and he is also penning a "Silver Surfer" feature at Fox plus a "Forbidden Planet" reboot at Warner Brothers too, so he's pretty busy.

Mike Stenson (Pirates Of The Caribbean) and Chad Oman will exec produce the movie at Jerry Bruckheimer Films, which is at this moment readying "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" for a Disney release next summer, based on yet another video game franchise as well.


LEEE777 - Anything Straczynski does is gold and Bruckheimer is just the bomb, cant wait for this one!
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10/27/2009
Variety.com

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12 Comments

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LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 3:10 PM
Never heard of it but it looks cool, looking forward to more news on it!
antz1104 - 10/27/2009, 3:13 PM
God I love Straczynski.
invalensname - 10/27/2009, 3:30 PM
Awesome! I love it. We shouldn't wait for Washington to get blasted to get secession movement going.
Phinehas - 10/27/2009, 3:41 PM
Am currently watching Chanegeling. Its ok. Straczynski would be far more at home with something like this- big and epic, that wonderful Babylon 5 feel!
invalensname - 10/27/2009, 3:56 PM
VAL @ I liked BABYLON too! I remember his SPIDEY comics, awesome guy, knows his stuff!


LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 4:17 PM
What would be the point of seceding if Washington is wiped out to begin with? plus they already have state goverments and then you need a good reason for them to fight each other . Texas is all by itself ., California no longer calling itself a state typical of a state full of libral panzies.
New England alliance oh please pass the Grey Pupon this game is pointless
georgia49th - 10/27/2009, 4:20 PM
@Leee- Come to think of it, Im inadverdently in the middle of a Straczynski craze. And its totally coincidental- just finished the B5 spin-off Crusade today, am finishing his run on Spidey (just coming up to the Brand New Day stuff), and am watching Changeling as I write!
Are you a big B5 fan? He really does know his stuff. He first conceived B5 in 1986 and spent years with notes on philosophy, science, religion in order to create the intricate narrative he did.
invalensname - 10/27/2009, 4:27 PM
@ Georgia:I'm from New England. Turn that around on you guys and we could say you're too busy to fight b/c you're @ your weekly clan meeting. lol
antz1104 - 10/27/2009, 4:44 PM
@antz First off let me state that I'VE no desire to attend a meeting of a bunch of idiots in dunce caps. LOL
Second the game is still pointless.........

georgia49th - 10/27/2009, 9:39 PM
this was basically the plot of the t.v. show jericho, so its already een done
superdog - 10/28/2009, 11:31 AM
Georgia@ good answer, cheers!
antz1104 - 10/28/2009, 3:48 PM

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