Variety: EA sells movie rights to 'The Sims'
By Reuters. May 26, 2007, 11:31 AM PDT

Maybe they can call it The Sims: The Movie. Electronic Arts has sold the movie rights for The Sims, the best-selling computer game of all time, to 20th Century Fox, Variety said Friday.

The Sims is one of EA's biggest franchises and, including sequels and expansions such as The Sims: House Party and The Sims: Vacation, has sold nearly 85 million copies since it debuted seven years ago.

"The Sims has done an interactive version of an old story, which is what it's like to have infinite power and how do you deal with it," the Hollywood industry paper quoted Rod Humble, head of the Sims Studio at EA, as saying.

The Sims was created by legendary game designer Will Wright, known for his quirky titles that eschew linear storylines in favor of letting players create and explore their own worlds.

Variety did not mention financial terms of the deal. Spokesmen for EA and Fox could not immediately be reached for comment. Fox is owned by News Corp.

I made my Sims were Spawn married to Britney spears in a tank top and panties.

It's an intriguing idea for a movie, isn't it? I wonder if they'll do split points of view -- a story inside Sim and a story outside. Sort of like TRON. Imagine what it would be like to be thrust into the Sim world. People doing inexplicable things, building bizarre houses and giving each other backrubs out the wazoo.

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I always kill the characters I dont like.. I hate my neighbors in the sims

Catch 22?

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Good point. I'd forgotten that one.