Sony to Develop Console Wars Movie

Sony Pictures is set to develop the film adaptation of Blake J. Harris' upcoming book CONSOLE WARS: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation.

The book, described on Amazon as a "behind-the-scenes business thriller," focuses on "small and scrappy" Sega and the company's aspirations to take on Nintendo in the console market during the early '90s. Atlantic. According to a press release from CONSOLE WARS' publisher Atlantic Books, the film adaptation will be developed by Sony and Scott Rudin (Moneyball, The Social Network) and directed and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.

Harris himself will take on Executive Producer duties and is also co-directing a documentary on the same subject, produced by Rudin, Rogen and Goldberg.

"Blake Harris's amazing book has all the narrative drama of the work of Michael Lewis and Ben Mezrich," said Atlantic Books' Toby Mundy in the release. "It should appeal to gamers and non-gamers alike."

Back in May last year, Sony registered a slew of domain names relating to Console Wars, which left a number of folk confused as to exactly what "console war" the company would be tackling in light of recent hardware launches.

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