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January 04, 2006
Ecko's Fledgling Graffiti Epic Prowls For Dick (and Others)
As if Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure video game was not megahyped enough, MTV Films stoked the bonfire a month or so ago when it announced a partnership to adapt the graffiti-culture game to the big screen. And today, the Hollywood Reporter's John Gaudiosi shatters the rest of the Earth with the latest on Ecko's pre-production approach:
The narrative throughline of the movie is akin to the game, wherein players are armed only with a spray can to deliver a message of free speech and revolution. Ecko says Getting Up's central drama requires players to get in, get up and get out without being caught by the police, who consider graf artists public enemies.
"Unlike conventional platform games, you behave like you would if you were a graf writer in the real world, experiencing the adrenaline rush of hanging from a bridge while getting your piece up or the sense of peril when a rival crew is breathing down your neck," Ecko says.
He enlisted help from celebrity friends to bring their voices to the game. But whether Talib Kweli, Diddy, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, George Hamilton, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam West, Andy Dick, Charlie Murphy, Michael Berrin and Wu-Tang Clan's the RZA also will chime in for the movie remains to be seen.
Frankly, without Adam West and George Hamilton, MTV may as well put this thing in turnaround. And God only knows what kind of half-assed "message of free speech and revolution" the producers are going to try and pawn off without Brittany Murphy's beacon-like star power. Personally, I would recommend having a look at Doug Pray's stellar upcoming graffiti doc Infamy to see how to get the whole thing done without stars--"real world" and all. Except... goddamn. No Andy Dick would absolutely be a dealbreaker. You had better keep this thing in your prayers, kids.
Posted by stvanairsdale at January 4, 2006 01:45 PM
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that game rock
Posted by: fred at May 12, 2006 07:37 PM