Need For Speed May Be Headed To The Big Screen

I’ve never seen the appeal of racing games. Where is the joy and/or
strategy in driving around a fictional car? At least with NASCAR you get
a real sense of speed and there are stakes for the driver. With driving
games you fall off the Grand Canyon and are immediately resurrected
back on the track. There are no characters or story to follow – just
players mindlessly hitting the accelerator and turning buttons. And now
we’ll get the chance to enjoy that level of excitement on the big
screen!



THR reports that DreamWorks is now in talks to pick up the rights to Need For Speed,
one of the most popular racing video game franchises in the world. The
project just started development last week and John and George Gatins
have already been hired to develop a story. George Gatins will be
writing the script himself and serving as a producer on the project. It
should be noted that the deal has not been completed yet, but new
funding has been secured recently meaning that the project could come
together fairly quickly.



The problem is that DreamWorks isn’t so much buying a video game
property as they are a title. We can probably expect that the movie
version will be something in the vein of The Fast and the Furious
and will contain a few small references to the game, but will really
have nothing to do with it. After all, what else could they do?