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Atlantic Books' publisher, Toby Mundy has acquired CONSOLE WARS by Blake Harris, a riveting behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry. Atlantic will publish CONSOLE WARS: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation in August 2014.

Sony Pictures and Scott Rudin (Moneyball, The Social Network) are developing Console Wars as a feature film to be directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Knocked Up, Superbad). Rogen and Goldberg are also writing the screenplay. Harris is serving as Executive Producer, and is also co-directing a documentary on the same subject, with Rudin, Rogen and Goldberg producing as well.

http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/52436

UPDATE: Seems Sony registered domains relating to this back in 2012, as this old GAF thread shows.
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488477

 

[Zeppeli]

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg?

Pass. Their joint directions have been fairly horrible.

 

[Visualante2]

Hope Netflix picks this up.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Was really hoping Sorkin would write the script.

 

[nubbe]

It ends with PlayStation saving the world

 

[DrZeus]

Blast processing cameo should be dope.

 

[unpopularblargh]

Please don't be a comedy.

 

[Gummb]

Wow, I'm trying to think if it'll take place on early internet forums or not...

....wow

 

[darkside31337]

Doesn't sound like this is going to be Hyperdimension Neptunia; The Movie.

Bummer.

 

[Zeppeli]

Please don't be a comedy.

Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg

It's going to be a shitty comedy aimed at frat boys and stoners

 

[Iacobellis]

Did we go back into the 90's?

 

[lordfroakie]

Im curious who they will cast for Nintendo devs and JP devs...

 

[Apdiddy]

Doesn't sound like this is going to be Hyperdimension Neptunia; The Movie.

Bummer.

Yes, but it's almost like an American take on Hyperdimension Neptunia but with Seth Rogan.

If they can get Jeremy Piven to play someone (I'm thinking Tom Kalinske), I might actually see this.

 

[bigboss370]

why.jpg

 

[Cagey]

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg?

Pass. Their joint directions have been fairly horrible.

What? IMDb lists two joint directions from them, and one of the two won't be released until Fall 2014.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Ken Jeong as Miyamoto please.

 

[Zeppeli]

What? IMDb lists two joint directions from them, and one of the two won't be released until Fall 2014.

I thought they wrote/directed/etc Superbad/Knocked Up together?

 

[kewlmyc]

An underdog story that ends with them getting their ass kicked...

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Please don't be a comedy.

Don't worry, it will be.

From the guys that brought you Superbad.

 

[Gummb]

Im curious who they will cast for Nintendo devs and JP devs...

yeah... this has some serious risk of being xenophobic....

...or at least embarrassing.

 

[jayu26]

why.jpg

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[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Uhh weird. So maybe a dramedy then?

 

[Bloodworth]

how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.

LOL, what? That's some serious spin. What was revolutionary? Blood in Mortal Kombat? Blast Processing? I appreciate Sega's contributions, but there's some serious hyperbole going on here.

 

[firehawk12]

Ken Jeong as Miyamoto please.

I just realized, how are they going to make a movie with so many Japanese people in it? Recast them with white actors?!

 

[jackissocool]

It ends with PlayStation saving the world

That's the true ending.

Who will play Cerny?

 

[Alienous]

Spoiler:

 

[BY2K]

Sony making a movie about Sega, and they make it sound like Nintendo's the bad guy?

I... don't know what to think.

 

[Zeppeli]

I just realized, how are they going to make a movie with so many Japanese people in it? Recast them with white actors?!

nope
eddie murphy

 

[N.Domixis]

After all the credits end, a lone ps1 in some unidentified location, turns on and becomes sentient... *Screen goes black*

 

[Chuck Norris]

This could be interesting but to be honest, how do you even do this? The majority of the big players back then were Japanese, you can't do this movie in English.

 

[Sinople]

...took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry

I don't remember this happening.

 

[Makai]

I'm calling it. There will be at least one scene with Seth Rogen playing Sonic the Hedgehog while high.

 

[Nemo]

Should be made like Social Network

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

LOL, what? That's some serious spin. What was revolutionary? Blood in Mortal Kombat? Blast Processing? I appreciate Sega's contributions, but there's some serious hyperbole going on here.

They should just make Masters of Doom.

Spoiler

written by aaron sorkin.

 

[Jintor]

I don't remember this happening.

In fact, wasn't it Nintendo that single-handedly revived the industry after Atari nuked it?

 

[Dany]

I don't remember this happening.

same...what did sega do?

 

[MisterHero]

Yeah Nintendo "fell behind" because they waited ~1-2 years to launch SNES after Genesis.

 

[Fat Goron]

I just realized, how are they going to make a movie with so many Japanese people in it? Recast them with white actors?!

Willem Dafoe as Hiroshi Yamauchi.

 

[jiminycracken]

I thought that Sega existed as a game company before Nintendo and didn't do anything well when Nintendo came into the industry except the Genesis, and even then was crushed by Nintendo sales-wise.

 

[Bloodworth]

Willem Dafoe as Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Dang it, don't make me want to see this.

 

[bigboss370]

LOL, what? That's some serious spin. What was revolutionary? Blood in Mortal Kombat? Blast Processing? I appreciate Sega's contributions, but there's some serious hyperbole going on here.

60fps Sonic?

 

[CosmicQueso]

Can't believe the guy behind Moneyball and the Facebook flick is behind this and you all are calling it a racist comedy.

what am I even reading in this thread???

 

[Exterminieren]

Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.

Well, that's certainly some revisionist history.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Goldberg/Rogen are branching out. They're also behind the Preacher adaptation for AMC. There's no guarantee this is going to be a comedy at all. Also, as pointed out by CosmicQueso, you've got Scott Rudin involved - I can't imagine he's going to throw weight behind the film if it's just going to be Grandma's Boy II

 

[FiggyCal]

I can't believe gaf sometimes. These are the guys that made Knocked UP, Superbad, This is The End, and Pineapple Express. Smh. These guys make good movies. In fact, these guys make awesome movies.

 

[jiminycracken]

Can't believe the guy behind Moneyball and the Facebook flick is behind this and you all are calling it a racist comedy.

what am I even reading in this thread???

Because the directors do dude-bro comedies and Hollywood tends to make everybody white in these types of scenarios; for example, in 21 the real version had almost all the main characters Asian but in the movie they were almost all changed to be white.

 

[vpance]

Could be pretty good. I thought This Is the End was hilarious.

 

[hodayathink]

I thought they wrote/directed/etc Superbad/Knocked Up together?

Knocked Up is pretty much entirely a Judd Apatow movie.

 

[Eusis]

Sony making a movie about Sega, and they make it sound like Nintendo's the bad guy?

I... don't know what to think.

Sponsored by Xbox.

 

[Freeman]

Playstation shows up at the credits.