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Masi Oka plays the fan-favorite character Hiro on the television show
Heroes, but that's not the only role he plays -- we've heard before that he's a big
World of Warcraft player as well (which makes sense -- before his star turn on NBC's superhero show, he actually
worked at Industrial Light and Magic developing water effects, so he's a geek at heart). And now he's using
his MMO experience to create a movie: he's just signed a deal with Dreamworks to create a movie called "
The Defenders," a family adventure about a group of teens playing an MMO who have to come together to have some adventures of their own. Both Oka and writer Gary Whitta are fans of
WoW, so they're drawing on their experience in the game to put together the project. Oka tells the Hollywood Reporter that "the question came to me: What if you had to live up to the person you created in the virtual world?" He also cites
The Goonies as an inspiration for the story, as an adventure that brings back an innocence found in those old Amblin Entertainment films.
Sounds interesting. It might be aimed a little young for the average
WoW player (even
The Goonies, while considered a cult classic nowadays, was really aimed at kids in the '80s), but a film that can take a good look at the comparison between our in-game selves and their real-life counterparts (and have some fun doing it) would definitely be something to see. The project's only just getting underway now, but we'll keep an eye out for it.
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Publish Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EST
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