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Universal to put Gellar in Wonderland
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.
hollywoodreporter.com
Pfff... ich will Christina Ricci
Naja, mal gucken wie Sarah Michelle Gellar mit als Psycho-Alice mit schwarzen Haaren aussehen wird, auf den Film freu ich mich jedenfalls, schon das Spiel war genial
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.
hollywoodreporter.com
Pfff... ich will Christina Ricci
Naja, mal gucken wie Sarah Michelle Gellar mit als Psycho-Alice mit schwarzen Haaren aussehen wird, auf den Film freu ich mich jedenfalls, schon das Spiel war genial