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
Viral Video Round Up: Star Wars, The Amazing Spider-Man, Aaron Sorkin, And More! July 1, 2012The Internet is full of videos related to movies, whether they be fan made, studio made, or somewhere in between. We regularly bring you the best, most interesting, or just plain weirdest, and today we do it again. Check out the latest viral videos after the break. Read More
Indie Director Makes “TwitFlicks” To Fund Movie October 27, 2011What do you do if your Kickstarter-like campaign to fund your independent short film isn’t working? If you’re Dutch director Eddy Terstall, you take requests for mini-movies on Twitter for a fee, calling them “Twitflicks”. By doing just that, Terstall raised about €120,000, way more than the €20,000 he was… Read More
More Images Revealed Through “Discovering Prometheus” Facebook App April 5, 2012April 5, 2012The new Discovering Prometheus Facebook app for Ridley Scott’s much-anticipated Alien prequel Prometheus promises to unfold “exclusive reveals” in following weeks. Get the details after the break. Read More