Farmville The Movie Is Hollywood’s Next Stupid Idea
From the archive: published Oct 9, 2011, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
The writers of Toy Story have decided to capitalize on the huge success of Zynga’s Facebook game Farmville by attempting to write a script around the popular social game.
One Toy Story writer told IGN:
“We’re in conversations with Zynga to do something with one of their brands. Can’t really say too much on that front yet, but ‘Old MacDonald’ didn’t have a factory, if you get our drift.”
On the one hand the movie could grab the attention of tens of millions of people who love to play Farmville on a daily basis, on the other hand there are just as many people who find constant Farmville invites and announcements to be nothing more than a Facebook wall headache.
It’s still unclear what type of direction the writers will take considering Farmville is not the most action packed game on the market. I highly doubt moviegoers will want to watch a fence being put up or corn growing which means the movie will likely share a name with the game and perhaps a likeness to several characters but nothing more.
Do you think the idea of a Farmville based movie is a bad idea for whatever studio decides to pick it up? I think I’ll just be waiting for Angry Birds: The Movie, at least we know that one has the shot at a decent/funny plot.