Electronic Arts’ bestselling videogame Spore, designed by legendary Sim City and The Sims creator Will Wright, will be adapted into an animated film by director Chris Wedge (the Ice Age films, Robots, the upcoming Leaf Men).
The game deals with the evolution of an entire species, from the tiniest little microscopic organism all the way to a species adapted enough to explore other planets. It’s a pretty huge concept, so while Wedge and writers Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will certainly need to find a coherent storyline to attach to the film, the idea is certainly great material for an animated film.
Erb and Oremland just finished handling writing duties on Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
Wedge, who’s also gearing up to direct the live-action film The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stated that he’s “always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation … from every perspective — visually, thematically and comedically — the world of Spore provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen.”
Spore is only one of a handful of properties that EA has licensed out — you can also expect to see a Dead Space film directed by DJ Caruso, Mass Effect, Army of Two, Dante’s Inferno, and lastly an adaptation of Wright’s The Sims as well.
