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A Futuristic Rave, In Gerard Butler's Gamer

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:00:00 PDT

This is a picture from the movie Gamer. No, seriously, this be-sparkled swimsuit is an actual outfit from the gritty action thriller. Apparently in the future, our male prisoners' bodies are puppeted by the wealthy for live-action video games and the women are all on E. Full raving gallery below.

Here is the official synopsis from the film:

Gamer is a near-future action/thriller starring Gerard Butler (Kable) as the champion of an on-line game called "Slayers". Mind-control technology has taken society by storm and "Slayers" allows humans control other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online game. With his every move tracked by millions, Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.

No mention of the rave, but from the trailer, we get the feeling that this is Kable's wife has been taken over, both her mind and her dignity, as leverage to keep him in the game.

Gamer will be out on the 4th of September.

[via Movie Web]

The Game Postponed, But Not Game Over

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:30:00 PDT

You'll have to wait to watch kids play with Gerard Butler as if he were a video game avatar until the Summer of 2009. Producer Gary Lucchesi explained that the survival-game epic was pushed back to work on the many visual effects. But do expect trailer footage out over the holidays this Christmas, possibly including our first glimpse of Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia as the evil "Rick Rape." [Sci Fi]

The Game's Trickery Meets Disturbia's Setting In Seminar

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:40:00 PDT

Got a sassy teen? Now you can punish their heathen ways by hiring an evil consulting firm to mess with their reality their life and their sanity. CBS Films have purchased Richard D'Ovidio's spec screenplay The Seminar based on the ideas that you can pay someone else to mess up your kids mentally. With a theme of corporate reality distortion — possibly including brain implants — this could be a stealth science fiction gem. [The Hollywood Reporter]