May 13, 2010
Sony Pictures Animation has pre-emptively picked up rights to
video game
"RollerCoaster Tycoon," reports
Heat Vision.
Harald Zwart (upcoming
The Karate Kid) is developing the live-action/CGI hybrid as a possible directing project and will executive produce.
David Ronn and Jay Scherick, who wrote the upcoming
Zookeeper and
The Smurfs, are attached to write the screenplay.
"RollerCoaster Tycoon" is a strategy
computer game that simulates theme park management. Developed by MicroProse and Chris Sawyer and published by Hasbro Interactive, the game was released on March 31, 1999. It was followed by "RollerCoaster Tycoon 2" and "RollerCoaster Tycoon 3."
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