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Bruckheimer Buys Some New "Game Boys"
by Scott Weinberg | May 17, 2006
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Jerry Bruckheimer will produce "Game Boys" for Disney, a high-concept action comedy about slackers, monsters, video games, and the Department of Homeland Security.

From The Hollywood Reporter: "Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have acquired "Game Boys," an action spec by Tom Ropelewski and Evan Katz. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing. The story revolves around two thirtysomething video game junkies recruited by the Department of Homeland Security to lead a geeky army of gamers in a battle against creatures that have come to life from a video game they have mastered."

("The Last Starfighter" anyone?)

Tom Ropelewski directed "Madhouse" (1990) and "Look Who's Talking Now" (1993). He also wrote "Loverboy" (1989) and "The Next Best Thing" (2000). Tom's better half, veteran writer/producer Leslie Dixon, will act as a producer on "Game Boys."

Evan Katz is a TV writer making his big-screen debut. You might recognize his name from the credits of a little show called "24."

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neolights
neolights writes:
on May 17 2006 08:02 AM

Disney's involvement with Bruckheimer is going to create a culture that I've only dreamt about. Wo Hoo!

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CenoBiteMe2000
CenoBiteMe2000 writes:
on May 19 2006 02:39 AM

[b]Ugh...[/b]
Don't trust a writer whose biggest hit was 13 years ago with "Look's Who's Talking Now," the movie that would have killed Travolta's career if it hadn't been for Pulp Fiction. The new blood might be able to save this stinker. Sounds like a Harland Williams vehicle, however. I'll pass.


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