It’s been a long time coming but the news is finally here; a Need for Speed movie has at last been announced by EA. Iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Pictures will be at the helm of production of this film, which is scheduled to hit screens in 2014.
EA has made it clear that the flick won’t be based on any previous game released under the franchise. An original story for it has been developed by brothers George and John Gatins, with George having penned down the screenplay. EA along with John Gatins and Mark Sourian will be producing the NFS movie, while Scott Waugh of the Act of Valor fame will be directing it.
“I’m excited about getting back into the creative trenches with John and George Gatins and my partners at EA to bring to life an exhilarating script based on an epic video game that seems to have been made for the movies. This is a big piece of business for DreamWorks and we are grateful to Frank Gibeau, Pat O’Brien, Kevin Maher and John and George for choosing us to deliver their goods,” commented Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Chairman.
The extremely popular NFS series began in 1994 with the launch of the first game and has since managed to sell more than 140 million units worldwide. It has apparently generated an estimated 4 billion USD in retail revenue, making it one of the biggest franchises in gaming history. The last game in this series was Need for Speed: The Run which scored and Overall rating of 6.5/10 in our review of it.
The Need for Speed movie has been announced to go into production early next year, but it will only be released in 2014.