Infamous movie gets a screenwriter @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on July 29, 2009

News: The man behind The Longest Yard remake gets a crack at Infamous.

The game-to-movie adaptation train keeps as rolling as The Hollyword Reporter is reporting that Sony's PS3 open world game Infamous is being turned into a movie by Sony Pictures.

The article also reveals that Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) has been tapped to write the screenplay. Although it appears Turner wasn't very up on video games before this...

"What excited me most about the game was it was the first of which I've come across that had a big idea and a character arc," Turner said. "It is, I believe, the future of gaming. The game, while big and fun, is at its core a love ballad to the underachiever, which is what our hero, Cole McGrath, is."

And who is Cole McGrath? Well, if Infamous has slipped under your radar, this is who he is...

Launched in May, "inFAMOUS" centers on bike messenger Cole MacGrath, who survives an explosion that destroys entire blocks of Empire City only to find he has new electricity-derived super powers. The action game, designed for Sony's PlayStation 3 console, allows the player to use his powers for good or evil, as MacGrath's karma affects how the devastated city's people and infrastructure deal with him.

We'll have more soon.