Mars in terraforming is a board game that was staged for a film adaptation by Cobalt Knight, who optioned the right to the game. The game sees players compete to use innovative technologies and resources to make the red planet habitable.
They’re trying to explore the game’s themes in the story, which include existential tropes like class struggle, colonialism, and ecological collapse.
Cobalt Knight was founded by video game executives Christopher Kaminsky (Sonic the hedgehog) And Christopher Knox (The real world), and was founded to develop a variety of television and film projects based on video games, board games, manga, comics, novels and short stories.
At first, they were inclined to develop the project into a series, but it seems like a feature film is the direction they’re now looking to go.
Kaminski said in a statement, “The world of Terraforming Mars offers incredible storytelling potential. We are excited to explore the unique human drama that inherently arises from running a business charged with literally creating oceans, building thriving cities, and balancing the ecology of plant and animal life.
Knox added: “In many ways, the game shows strong parallels to Age of Discovery, when European superpowers sailed around the world trying to reclaim everything they touched. This makes it the perfect choice for adaptation, using a distinct and hyper-realistic setting to revisit a familiar narrative conflict”.
Enoch Frixelius, co-developer of Terraforming Mars and CEO, added: “Jacob and the rest of us brothers have invested many years in Terraforming Mars. It’s more than just a sci-fi board game – it’s a vision of a possible and positive future for humanity not so far down the road. It is based on real scientific ideas and ideas borrowed from science fiction. This could be us in 200 years. We are so excited to see this vision come to life on screen. We hope this further expands the TM community. And we hope more people are drawn to the vision of a new home for humanity on Mars.”
Do you know the game and do you think it will be a good movie?
Source: Deadline
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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