
In case you forgot, Hazelight Studio's excellent co-op action adventure Split Fiction is being adapted for the big screen.
Josef Fares, head of the development team and director of the game, has provided a small update on the film's progress, and it sounds like it's still very early days.
Speaking to Moviezine (translations per Dexerto), he says he's seen the first finalised script:
"I got the first version of the script today but you know, there’s so much talk in Hollywood. I usually say it like this, ‘I believe it when I see it.'”
It's not the first time he's shared his frustration with how slow the film business moves, but knowing that a script has made it to Fares' desk is progress at least.
Sydney Sweeney is said to star in the movie whenever it does emerge, and Fares says he's spoken to her too. "I’ve had a meeting with her and she seems super chill," he says, adding that she's "hyped" for the film.
It's probably years away, but it does seem like things are moving in the right direction.
Are you excited for the Split Fiction movie adaptation? Do you think they'll only sell theatre tickets in pairs to force you to watch it with a friend? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below.
[source instagram.com, via dexerto.com]





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I'll put money down that this movie never happens.
Be better if they picked a less problematic star. I'd rather the movie not be brought down simply because of her political snafus'.
Split Fiction with Sidney Sweeney: The story of two boobs cooperating.
Sidney Sweeney staring a Split Fiction movie, hell yes.
@illegalmonkey Is it her fault that she starred in an ad that people misinterpreted and then assumed that she was some sort of Nazi?
She's only "problematic" because people have made her that way. She's just an average actress, all told.
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@Jackthelad93 I mean...kinda.
While I think, yes, she is just an actress and shouldn't be held accountable for the inscrutable maybe-ethnocentrism of that ad. It's also worth noting that she lacked the foresight OR hindsight to properly dispel any personal association with eugenics. Which wouldn't have been that hard.
Personally, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt that she really didn't see the ostensible metaphor during shooting, and figured it was better not to engage with the social media spat after the fact. But she certainly didn't do herself any favors at any point.
I think there was a solid concept for a story here, even if the game didn't quite put it all together.
Hopefully this adaptation — uh...happens. Assuming it does happen, hopefully it really irons out the narrative and makes something less cartoonish and more nuanced.
@illegalmonkey Right!? But that's the world we live in nowadays. Everything is political. Jeans are political! JEANS!!!
@illegalmonkey almost all actors are political though so good luck trying to find one that isn't.
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I still don't know if she can act. Maybe it just depends on the role.
@RoomWithaMoose dude, you know the good genes part was about she being good looking and hot and not about she being white?
@Krlozgod It probably was. I dunno. Hence my use of "maybe-ethnocentrism" and "ostensible metaphor."
Regardless of it being a likely overreaction, it still would've been very easy to sharply denounce the ideology in a timely manner. She did not, and that didn't do her any favors.
And, you know, regardless of the eugenics accusations, it really was not a good concept for an ad in the first place. Even assuming the innocent intent of: 'we got a hot lady and made a pun,' there's still a lot of negative ways people could've interpreted the ad. Which, in my eyes, just makes it a bad ad. This is really removed from any controversies, or anything like that. Just saying, looking at it as an ad that's supposed to sell people something, kinda a s*** ad.
I think the most important thing here is that she cannot act. At all.
If they do it right, this could be a really fun movie. I loved the game, so much originality and imagination.
And though she's not the best actress in the world, I'm sure she'd be great in this. Seems like one of the few genuine people left in Hollywood.
@RoomWithaMoose I completely disagree, it should not be the responsibility of American Eagle, and specifically not Sydney Sweeney that some people misinterpreted the ad because they took it out of context.
Oh sweet lord, not her again...
She's a terrible actress and a terrible person, and I hope they can cast someone else, literally anyone else.
@RoomWithaMoose "Just saying, looking at it as an ad that's supposed to sell people something, kinda a s*** ad."
That line of jeans sold out in a week. Share price went up and added 400 million to the company's value. The company was in a downward trend.
Forbes, "American Eagle Outfitters Inc. posted third-quarter results that outpaced expectations as the retailer raised its outlook and left weakness earlier this year in the rear view mirror."
"The apparel company cooked up a storm earlier this year when adverts extolling actress Sydney Sweeney’s genes/jeans caused the kind of controversy a brand can hardly buy.
American Eagle said its quarterly revenue rose 6% to a record” $1.4 billion, which was ahead of Wall Street’s expectations for revenue of $1.3 billion, with earnings of 53 cents per share also above forecasts of 44 cents a share."
Not bad for a crap ad eh!
@Krlozgod Why wouldn't it be if people are misconstruing their production? If it wasn't their intent, they should clarify (and they both actually have. Whether or not it was good enough is a different discussion I don't really care enough about to have).
Good PR isn't just saying, 'f*** what the public thinks.'
Sydney is in? Well i guess i have two big reasons to watch the movie! 🤩
@Divergent95 What she does that made her a 'terrible person'? Does she killed babies and animals? 😆
@Serialsid So they saw a flash of success because their ad struck a cord with white nationalists?
I guess good for them and their s*** ad.
EDIT: To clarify, I would only call it a good ad if the intention was to evoke eugenics for the explicit purpose of stirring up social media drama and make their jeans partisan in an attempt to appeal to the 'dunk on the liberals' crowd. Because if that wasn't the intention, it was literally a s*** ad that got lucky and caught on due to being so poorly worded that it was interpreted as racist. And if that was the intention, the ad's not s***, but they are.
Poor casting choice. She doesn't fit the vibe of the game, as far as I can tell.
@RoomWithaMoose A bit more than a flash.
Was a clever ad playing on her being an attractive woman with great genes/jeans. 20 years ago it wouldn't have stirred up any controversy, and any interpretation that is racist is in the individuals own head!
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@Serialsid Do you honestly think they saw record quarterly revenue because people were so impressed by Sweeney's assets and their wordplay?
They weren't the first clothing company to think of putting a sexy actor in their clothing and accompanying them with a cute pun or slogan. And they certainly wouldn't have seen that bump if there wasn't a social media publicity-storm about it.
I'm saying it's a s*** ad because I'm not assuming any of the aftermath that they owe that success to was on purpose. And, without that, it's just a basic ass commercial with no real intended audience — besides people that feel inadequate compared to Sweeney, I guess. I.e., the audience of all fashion/beauty advertisements...urm, sans the Sweeney.
Sidenote: I hate the whole, 'it wouldn't have been offensive 20 years ago' mentality. There have always been offensive things. Maybe this specific commercial wouldn't have sparked controversy (probably not, since there wasn't as significant of a white nationalist movement in the USA specifically 20 years ago). But something else seemingly as harmless could've. It's like, what are you even saying by saying that? That public sentiment has changed in 20 years? No s***. Whether contemporary sentiment is better or worse is a much deeper conversation, and just saying 'back in my day' is superficial nothingness.
@PuppetMaster Legitimate question: What kind of controversies do you have in your country?
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@Divergent95 Do tell what makes her a terrible person besides politics you don't agree with...
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@Krlozgod Again, good PR isn't ignoring public relations.
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@RoomWithaMoose I'd argue that for the majority of the population public sentiment hasn't changed that much in the last 20 years. It's just now we have people that seem to wake up every morning thinking "what shall I be offended by today"!
For me personally, they could have put any attractive woman of any nationality or race in the advert and it would have still been great. And yes attractive people sell, shocker!
Anyway I look forward to the film of a great game with a genuine nice person as a lead.
@Serialsid If we have a new subgroup of people looking to be offended, then public sentiments have changed. I don't think this is a new thing at all, but I feel like you're just contradicting yourself here.
Reminiscing about pubic outrage from the 2000s, things are definitely different. R*'s Bully caused outage because people wrongly assumed it was literally GTA in a school. No one seemed to care about the same-sex romance options, which would likely be a boon today. Plus, the remnants of the Satanic Panic were still ongoing. I mean, just watch old South Park; they skewered plenty of ridiculous panics of the time.
I got my popcorn out for the Twitter.. sorry, I mean Push Square "discussion" lol.
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