A "The Sims" Movie was just scrapped by Disney at Fox Films

I imagine it would star all the iconic Sims characters and feature iconic Sims destinations. Would be really interesting if it was also in Simlish with subtitles appearing in their thought bubbles. Or perhaps something completely different like a live action film based around the idea of someone creating a mind controlling device, that device having the acronym PLuM B08 that stood for something ridiculous. Who knows?

Oh thank god, the movie would probably be.....actually, not probably, it WOULD be trash. A video game movie by 20th Century Fox? Of all the movies Disney just robbed us of, they SAVED us from this disaster.

"DoodlyDoofus;c-17192563" wrote:
Oh thank god, the movie would probably be.....actually, not probably, it WOULD be trash. A video game movie by 20th Century Fox? Of all the movies Disney just robbed us of, they SAVED us from this disaster.

I honestly can't really imagine what it would be about, honestly. It would probably be something super generic like "human hero gets teleported into videogame". Or something like the Emoji Movie or Wreck-it-Ralph.
There are lots of stories to tell from the games even, but I don't see any of them doing well as a movie? :(

Like I love the Goths! But I probably wouldn't want to watch a The Sims movie about them.
I also can't imagine they'd actually make the movie for hardcore The Sims fans only, so the story would probably end up being easy to take in for non-fans as well. And I just can't imagine that being interesting.

"filipomel;c-17192552" wrote:
I imagine it would star all the iconic Sims characters and feature iconic Sims destinations. Would be really interesting if it was also in Simlish with subtitles appearing in their thought bubbles. Or perhaps something completely different like a live action film based around the idea of someone creating a mind controlling device, that device having the acronym PLuM B08 that stood for something ridiculous. Who knows?

The idea of simlish with subtitles is really cute honestly :')

in a way sims movie about original sims families would be cool but on other hand please no

live action?

no. just. no. i dont want them to cast someone i hate for bella and get her ruined. lets just not.

animation?

great until you realize that it'd just ruin all the conspiracy theories and fun of coming up with the story yourself and would probably not be weird enough since
"animations are for kids"
but i mean.. we got strangetown...

It never sounded like a good idea to me, anyhow.

Oh, you mean it wasn't scrapped years ago? I know sometimes movies can do a 'wrap' and yet it still takes months, after editing, before it's released. It's a long process to be sure. But five years suggests to me somebody bought the rights just to sit on it. That happens, too. Binds the hands of those who presented the idea from taking it anywhere else.

"Simmingal;c-17192627" wrote:
in a way sims movie about original sims families would be cool but on other hand please no

live action?

no. just. no. i dont want them to cast someone i hate for bella and get her ruined. lets just not.

animation?

great until you realize that it'd just ruin all the conspiracy theories and fun of coming up with the story yourself and would probably not be weird enough since
"animations are for kids"
but i mean.. we got strangetown...

Actually, I think a live action would be very, very funny, indeed. Can you imagine people in 'real life' acting the way our Sims do? Of course, you'd have to have a great script and the cast would have to play it straight, as in not hamming it up, but taking the role seriously in order for it to work. Let the antics tell the story. It could be hysterically funny. But, on second thought, then the Theatre/producers/writers/ et al might be on the hook should a moviegoer die from becoming Hysterical.

Oh, what my poor, tired brain thinks up when I haven't had adequate sleep in days …

I remember talk about a sims movie back in the day.

To me, a The Sims: The Movie seems like it would have to have actors along the lines of Jim Carey's style, or the SNL cast to make it work.

Sims are all nuts, stopping mid-sentence to do push ups on your front lawn, having aspiration failure and seeing invisible bunnies and doctors, doing experiments on nervous subjects...

A game from their point of view could be funny if it were done carefully.
But I don't trust Fox or Disney to do them justice. It'll end up being some Disney Channel / Kids Bop monstrosity instead of an homage to the game we love.