Scarlett Johansson could be in Gamergate: The Movie
So Gamergate happened - what began with a mysoginistic blog post about game developer Zoe Quinn became an international movement which targeted sexism in the gaming industry and ethics in journalism and spawned a thousand opinion pieces from all over the world.
It's a big issue which has ballooned into many strange directions and we're not going to be able to forget about the issue either, partly because Quinn has a memoir set for release in 2016 and also becuase it has now been optioned for a major motion picture adaptation.
We have no idea how this will actually be handled - as a biopic? Or a wider drama about the industry? Either way this isn't just set to be an indie effort with former Sony exec Amy Pascal picking up the book Crash Override: How to Save the Internet from Itself. It will be about the male dominated sub culture of the internet which controls the conversation on message boards and forums and leaves no space for any other voices.
You can get an idea of the scale of the film with the news that none other than Scarlett Johnansson has expressed interest in being involved. Of course we have no idea if this will actually happen or not. Another potential issue is that Gamergate has faded somewhat into the background in recent months, and the 18 month+ turnaround required in filmmaking could see it being outdated before it even starts shooting.
More as we get it.
