by Blair Marnell
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski have signed on with Disney for a film adaptation of 2K Games' real-time strategy title “Shattered Union.” According to Variety, Mike Stenson and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films will also come onboard as executive producers. The duo is also attached to the upcoming film adaptations of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" and “The Sorcerer's Apprentice.”
Originally released in 2005, “Shattered Union” is a turn-based tactics game that chronicles the second American Civil War following the nuclear destruction of Washington D.C. and the assassination of the President of the United States along with most of Congress. In the aftermath, several states secede and wage war against each other.
Some of the factions included within the game are the California Commonwealth, the Republic of Texas and the New England Alliance, along with an occupying European peacekeeping unit and a dangerously ultra-nationalistic Russia, which takes advantage of the chaos to invade and reclaim Alaska.
For Straczynski, this announcement continues the “Babylon 5” creator and comic scribe’s revitalized Hollywood career, which some have jokingly called his “overnight success.”
Some of Straczynski’s many upcoming projects include “World War Z,", a “Forbidden Planet” remake and “Ninja Assassin,” the martial-arts action film produced by the Wachowski brothers which hits at the end of November.
Does the storyline of “Shattered Union” sound intriguing? Which faction would you side with? And what project do you want to see Straczynski tackle next? Let us know what you think in the comment section or on twitter!
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