At best this story will be totally aborted into something that will see it's only exposure on the SciFi channel.

The problem with this story is there is no hero or villan that we can latch onto as identifiable in a positive way; or even endearing. Now, if they turned his SL gf into some sort of stalker and have him see the err of his ways and save his family (think Hackers meets Basic Instinct) they may have something. But as written, this is boring.

Another issue is public perception of the virtual world dooming this from the start. While I have met some very attractive people online, producers will have a real dillema here. How do you cast this year's Scarlett Johannson and whoever her hot male equivalent is these days in the leading roles without people shaking their heads muttering, "These people live in a fantasy world, why?" They could ugly up the cast but then you lose the geeks that may actually go to see this.

Dwight Shelford is the only SL avatar that made a successful appearance in mainstream media.