The term "console wars" currently evokes images of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 battling for gamers hearts and dollars, but in the late '80s and early '90s, the war between Mario and Sonic was all anyone cared about.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are writing and directing a movie based on those gaming console wars between Sega and Nintendo, according to a press release on Booktrade.
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The film, to be produced by Sony Pictures and Scott Rudin, will be based on the upcoming book Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation by Blake Harris, which is due out in August. Harris is also the author of Moneyball and The Accidental Billionaires.
Rogen and Goldberg are writing their own script based on the Console Wars book. The duo previously wrote and directed This Is The End for Sony, a post-apocalyptic comedy starring the actors playing themselves.
The Console Wars book is described on Amazon as "a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry." It covers the period surrounding memorable game consoles like the Sega Genesis and Saturn, and the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64.
Harris will serve as executive producer for Rogen and Goldberg's film, but is also producing a documentary about Console Wars, according to Variety. The movie release date is not known.
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