Facebook Game ‘Mafia Wars’ Not Being Made Into Film Despite Rumors Dan Koelsch, June 29, 2010 One of the more popular games on Facebook is called “Mafia Wars.” Sounds fun and exciting, right? Not so much. It’s one of those Facebook games where you accumulate rewards for completing tasks that you don’t actually do (see the G.I. Joe game). Now the game is being developed into a film, or is it? Pajiba originally broke the story yesterday that producer Ted Field and Radar Pictures are developing the project with Mafia Wars publisher Zynga, though no other real details were available. However, now Inside Social Games is now reporting that Zynga (who also make the inexplicably popular Farmville game) has confirmed the rumor is false. The original source of the false rumor is unknown. The news of the possible Mafia Wars movie spread like wildfire on the Internet, but much of the talk was negative. This of course begs the question of whether a film will ever be made of this or any other Facebook game. Given the simplicity and banality of most of them, I hope not. News Social Networks FacebookFarmvilleGameMafia WarsRadar PicturesZynga
Iron Man 2 Defeats Weekend Box Office May 9, 2010May 9, 2010Everyone knew Iron Man 2 would win out this weekend, but by how much? Would it do outpace the original (which some argued was better) or maybe even break The Dark Knight‘s record? The estimates are in, so see the full chart and find out after the break. Read More
Newest TV Spot Basically Sells Avatar as a Disney Movie November 9, 2009Thanks to our friends at Slashfilm, we have a new TV spot for James Cameron’s Avatar. Usually a simple TV spot wouldn’t be that newsworthy to us, especially since there’s already been a few for this film, but this one is unique and shows an interesting trend in the different… Read More
New Inception Trailer Hits the Web December 28, 2009The second trailer for Inception hit the web today, and I still have no idea what this movie is about. You may have seen this before Sherlock Holmes in theaters this weekend. A lot of people are excited for this film, but I can’t wrap my head around it enough… Read More