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Masi Oka Sets Up Adventure Pic at DreamWorks

Source:The Hollywood Reporter

June 8, 2009

DreamWorks has bought The Defenders, a family adventure project conceived by "Heroes" actor Masi Oka to be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. D.J. Caruso is in negotiations to direct, and Gary Whitta is on board to write the script.

The story centers on a group of mostly teenagers from around the world who are involved in a multiplayer video game, each unaware of who they really are behind the cover of their consoles and avatars. They are forced to come together for a real adventure, becoming inadvertent heroes in the process.

Oka, who will executive produce, came up with idea while playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games, in that world's parlance.

"You can be whoever you want to be," he said. "The question came to me: What if you had to live up to the person you created in the virtual world?"

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COMMENTS (15)

Posted by:

Some Guy

June 8, 2009

WoW! I mean, World of Warcraft of course. Seems like someone wants to be cool by playing a not cool game.

Posted by:

Hanzo

June 8, 2009

2nd

Hiro writing about Heroes while on Heroes.

Posted by:

Knight Chess Piece

June 8, 2009

THAT SLANTED EYED JERK! STOLE MY IDEA! I knew it wouldn't be long. I just hope its well written.

Posted by:

ThePingMachine

June 8, 2009

Ah, Holywood steals all my ideas. This one time, I had an idea about an idland theme park, but instead of rides and stuff, they had dinosaurs, but then they all got out. I called it "DinosaurLand". Then along comes Steven Spielberg.

Then I had an idea about A young farm boy who grows up to fight an evil Galactic Kingdom, using a special power called 'the course'. Thanks heaps George Lucas!

Then i had an idea about a boat hitting an iceberg and sinking, and then James Cameron comes along, with his made-up tale of the "Titanic"

Ok, enough mocking, my point is this: Masi Oka or "That slant eyed jerk" as you so eloquently put it, actually WROTE his idea. He WORKED on it. Its not enough just to have a good idea, you actually have to do somthing with it. Until you do, you don't own it.

Posted by:

antcarkel

June 8, 2009

I agree with ThePingMachine. and what's with racial slurs? there's no need for that bs

Posted by:

Anti-Hero-2012

June 8, 2009

Get off your loser fat asses and go direct a movie, then maybe you can give an oppinion about how 2 make a good movie. You're all a bunch of queers living in your parents garage, and whoever responds 2 this comment wants my jizz in their mouth, so comment on this cause my kcoc is in my hand waiting 2 shoot a load in your faces. Homos

Posted by:

Anti-AntiHero2012

June 8, 2009

hmm, hasn't this been done? well in a single player sense..

@ antihero -your a dick. there i guess that means i want your jizz. but you know what? i think your the one whos seeking other peoples jizz! why? because you even bothering at commenting something that you know is just a waste of time and yet you still do it. if theres one queer here, its you..

Posted by:

Rodney

June 8, 2009

He didn't steal your idea. Felicia Day's "The Guild" has been hitting on the same theme for a while now. Her online webseries deals with World of Warcraft players (withouth actually admitting its WoW) meeting face to face for the first time and living up to their online persona while dealing with their own issues.

Posted by:

Lando

June 8, 2009

Actually this idea sounds familiar to The Last Starfighter but with multiple players not just one.

Posted by:

JustMe

June 8, 2009

Wasn't there a "horror film" with kind of the same premise a few years back? I don't remember the name, but Frankie "Malcolm in the Middle" Muniz was in it. Not that original of an idea, just a different genre.