Given its smash hit status, it was predestined that someone outside of South Korea would eventually try to make a movie out of Smilegate Group’s First Person Shooter title Crossfire. That someone is franchise specialist Neal Moritz, who has hatched a deal with the company to turn it into what all involved hopes is a multi-film series.
Crossfire, which was originally developed and launched in 2007 for Microsoft Windows, is a massive, complex FPS game that involves two teams of mercenaries. It has since spread to a variety of formats and now, according to the company, has more than 400 million registered users and 6 million players at any one time. According to Variety, Smilegate entertained a number of offers from American producers and studios, eventually plumping for Moritz because of his ability to deliver big action films like the **Fast & Furious **pics. And probably because he promised executives that they could meet Vin Diesel.
“We will make the best film out of Crossfire, the world’s largest FPS game, with Smilegate,” says Moritz. “We highly appreciate the potential in the Crossfire brand, and are honored to be chosen to spread this strong content to all movie fans around the world.”
Now the job will be to find the writer, director, cast and studio to make the actual film. Moritz will be hoping it’ll buck the trend for dodgy game-to-film adaptations, and will be keeping one eye on** Assassin’s Creed** to see how it performs.