I tillegg til 12 ferske screens fra spillet, melder New Line Cinema at de er hypp på å lage film av spillet.
Det er ennå uvisst om denne tittelen noen gang vil se spillbutikkenes neonlys her hjemme, men vi håper jo selvfølgelig det dukker opp, med aldersgrense vel og merke.
New Line Cinemas ønske om å lage en film av den omdiskuterte tittelen, er en overraskelse. Her er et utdrag fra pressemeldingen: State of Emergency is set in an Orwellian future in which social and economic chaos has left a city in the hands of a monolithic corporation that only a handful of resistance fighters have the courage to take on. State of Emergency will be adapted by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift and produced by Zide/Perry’s Warren Zide and Craig Perry, the Team behind the blockbuster ‘American Pie’ films.
"State of Emergency is an action franchise waiting to happen," Emmerich said.
"To be able to create a franchisable action movie that appeals to young audiences based on a highly
successful video game is something we’ve been looking for and State of Emergency is a perfect fit," Zide added. "We’re thrilled to be producing this movie for New Line, which has shared our enthusiasm from the beginning."
State of Emergency, one of the most anticipated video games of the new year, was developed by the Dunfermline studio of Scottish-based VIS , headquartered in Dundee.
Commenting on the movie deal Chris van der Kuyl, President of VIS stated;
"The opportunity to partner with both NewLine and Zide/Perry, two of Hollywood’s most successful companies, gives the Team at VIS the ability to take the this franchise to the next level. The partnership between Rockstar, a division of Take 2 Interactive Inc (NASDAQ: TTWO) our publishers, and VIS which has created a game with such potential can only be enhanced by the addition of our new partners."
And van der Kuyl paid tribute to his 100 strong workforce at VIS;
"They are a phenomenally talented bunch of individuals and this is truly an honour for them as much as it is for the company - I’d like to thank them all and intend to get them partying very,very soon indeed." He also noted that the success was a strong vote of confidence in the Scottish games industry.