Rollercoaster Tycoon riding to the screen for Sony Pictures Animation

Posted Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:08 PM | Contributed by Lord Gonchar

Sony Pictures Animation has pre-emptively picked up rights to the Atari video game “Rollercoaster Tycoon.” Harald Zwart is spearheading the development of the big-screen adaptation as a possible directing project and will executive produce. David Ronn and Jay Scherick, who penned the upcoming Kevin James comedy “The Zookeeper,” are attached to write what will be a live-action/CGI hybrid.

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Tekwardo

Friday, May 14, 2010 3:45 PM
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ApolloAndy said:
Then again, I had the same first impression of PotC.

Not me. There is actually some entertaining IP there regardless of it being based on a ride. I mean, Pirates are cool, and it took Disney to finally come in and make a cool Pirate movie.

Rollercoaster Tycoon is fun as a game, but there isn't much IP there to make a story, IMO.


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CPcyclone

Friday, May 14, 2010 3:57 PM

I thought Sony Pictures was just going to keep making Ice Age sequels for the rest of their existance.

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thrillfan

Friday, May 14, 2010 4:36 PM

PotC's original movie was potentially stolen from another film, which Disney has kept out of the public eye where it can. I haven't seen the movie in question, but the dates and timeline make for a surprisingly solid case against PotC. I didn't believe it at first, but the amount of possible proof is actually pretty high.

http://www.disneylawsuit.com/

Still, we can only wait and see what comes up for the story for RCT.

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Rowtyd

Friday, May 14, 2010 6:03 PM

It's going to be a ripoff of Tron. PC gamer, while playing the first RCT, somehow gets zapped into the amusement park world he has created and has to work all the jobs in the park. The film sequels will correspond with RCT2 and RCT3-with the third film being the biggest stinker to go along with how they destroyed a good game franchise.

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RPM

Friday, May 14, 2010 8:33 PM
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thrillfan said:
PotC's original movie was potentially stolen from another film, which Disney has kept out of the public eye where it can. I haven't seen the movie in question, but the dates and timeline make for a surprisingly solid case against PotC. I didn't believe it at first, but the amount of possible proof is actually pretty high.

http://www.disneylawsuit.com/

Still, we can only wait and see what comes up for the story for RCT.

I know its off topic, but has anyone tried to actually reads this guys site? Its very hard to take seriously when these are some of his topics:

Chapter 8 - Prove Concocted Facts & Lies - Part 2 - Their Fraudulent Bold Claims.
Chapter 9 - Prove Concocted Facts & Lies - Part 3 - More Lying Under Oath.

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LostKause

Friday, May 14, 2010 11:54 PM
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Ensign Smith said:

I could easily come up with 105 gripping pages about dog food if they paid me enough.

Yep. Has anyone here ever watched a fantastic movie called"Adaptation"? Quite possibly one of the best screenplays of all time, imho.


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Mamoosh

Saturday, May 15, 2010 1:58 AM
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^Great film, Adaptation. Almost as good as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : )

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Ensign Smith

Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:41 AM

Charlie Kaufman is amazing. He's my personal idol.

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GregLeg

Monday, May 17, 2010 12:25 PM

LostKause said:
as a coaster enthusiast, and a fan of the game, I hope that it will bring about another RCT game!

Yeah, because movie-tie in games always work so well... ;)


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Raven-Phile

Monday, May 17, 2010 1:14 PM
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ApolloAndy said:
Then again, I had the same first impression of PotC.

Hate to say it, but I had that impression of Avatar. I finally watched it yesterday, only to find that it is an incredible movie.

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Touchdown

Monday, May 17, 2010 3:06 PM

Personally I enjoyed Avatar the first time I saw it, when Kevin Costner was trying to be an Indian, and the second time I saw it, when Robin Williams was the voice of a schizophrenic due to experiments bat. After awhile the story just gets boring.

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Raven-Phile

Monday, May 17, 2010 3:16 PM
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Repeating story aside, the sound and visuals are what made it for me.

I got to break in my new subwoofer with it :).

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Vater

Monday, May 17, 2010 3:17 PM
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You enjoyed Fern Gully?

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Touchdown

Monday, May 17, 2010 3:50 PM

More then Avatar but I was a kid when I saw it first.

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FLYINGSCOOTER

Monday, May 17, 2010 9:09 PM

I'm sure it will be a "real good value!"


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LostKause

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:38 AM
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Rumor has it that Avatar will return to the big screen, again in 3-D, sometime this year, with some extended and deleted scenes added in. If this happens, I highly reccommend seeing this in 3-D, on the big screen. Nothing compares to it, moviewise anyways.


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djDaemon

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:33 PM

Yeah, I've heard August for the Avatar re-release. We've got the DVD (that someone loaned to us), but I just can't bring myself to sit through almost 3 hours of... anything, really. But I'll make it a point (this time) to see it in IMAX 3D.


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Corkscrew Follies

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:56 AM

Anybody heard any more news on this awesome movie project????

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Ensign Smith

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:11 AM

imdb.com is still listing it as under development.


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Corkscrew Follies

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 3:52 AM

I am honestly shocked they are still in development with this. Maybe, it will stay in development for like 10 years and then be dropped.

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