| Mail |

You might also like: WoW Insider, Joystiq, and more

More Sites You Might Like

Monster Galaxy Facebook game coming to the big screen

by Jef Reahard on Nov 7th 2011 10:30PM

Culture, MMO Industry, News Items, Casual, Miscellaneous

The list of films based on video games is long, if not particularly distinguished. The list is about to get a bit lengthier thanks to an upcoming collaboration between Gaia Interactive and Radar Pictures.

The two firms have just released a new press blurb trumpeting the fact that they've formed an alliance to bring Monster Galaxy to the big screen. What the heck is Monster Galaxy, you say? Well, it's a Facebook title that "has reigned as a top 10 game on the platform for six consecutive months," according to the release.

The film version of Monster Galaxy will feature its unique "Moga" characters as well as "rich story and charming artwork." Gaia Interactive was founded in 2003 and claims to be one of the world's most active social gaming communities. Radar Pictures is owned by Ted Field, an entertainment executive with producer credits on films including Pitch Black, The Last Samurai, and Jumanji.

[Source: Gaia press release]

More coverage: Gaia website, Radar website

Tags: casual, culture, facebook, facebook-games, film, gaia, gaia-interactive, monster-galaxy, movies, radar-pictures, social-gaming, sounded-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time, video-game-movies

Reader Comments (9)

"Radar Pictures is owned by Ted Field, an entertainment executive with producer credits on films including Pitch Black, The Last Samurai, and Jumanji."

One out of three... ain't great.

they look like pokemon

Well, looking at the game trailer, this looks only a bit better from those OLD Marvel Comic cartoons: You know the ones, that took a STILL PICTURE and moved it around and called it "animation"?

Really, on the Facebook page, it still says the game is "Beta"!

I sense some self-promotion/connections going on here. Sure, I know lots of people are desperate for a Pokemon MMO, but there are lots of better copies (IMO), both legal and shady, already out on the net.

Also, consider that many movies are announced that become ultimately shelved or cancelled and I can't see this movie happening, unless someone/company is trying to start up their own Pokemon IP that they own. While there are several I can point out, this one seems too blatant a copy.

@Space Cobra Any recommendations on copies? always wanted a pokemon style mmo to play.

@Azules the next warcraft expansion

@Lucidus Badaboom pshhhh.

@Space Cobra "Also, consider that many movies are announced that become ultimately shelved or cancelled"

Like that illusive Warcraft movie.

WOW NOW they are making movies after social games, what next? Honestly, never even heard of this game..Although, I do sometimes play karma kingdom on facebook but other than that just haven't found one that caught me.

I have a nasty feeling of this not coming out as well, though I hope I'm wrong. I've never played the game, so I can't comment on how it would adapt, but at the very least it has some nice monster designs. Hopefully it gives them the focus they deserve, and don't go the Smurfs route.

Monster Galaxy Facebook game coming to the big screen

Reader Comments (9)

Posted: Nov 7th 2011 10:48PM Ghostspeaker said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 1:45AM ClassicCrime said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 1:59AM Space Cobra said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:43AM Azules said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 6:47AM Lucidus said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 8:45AM Lenn said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 8:47AM Lenn said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 1:24PM shannon1212 said

Posted: Nov 8th 2011 1:38PM threetailedfox said

Info

Description

MSRP

Release Date

Genre

Developer

Publisher

Rating

Breaking News

MMO Week in Review: E3 didn't suck

Featured Stories

Leaderboard: Is an MMO's title important to you?

Choose My Adventure: Earning my Firefall rocket boots

The Daily Grind: Should weather systems impact gameplay?

Engadget

Joystiq

WoW

TUAW