Cerenzie calls the new script by Marc Gottlieb "Gladiator meets Mad Max." The film is set 25 years in the future and includes a Las Vegas suspended in mid-air.says THIS ARTICLE at GameDaily, where the news initially emerged last week. Variety also talks about the film this morning. Not surprisingly, there's also talk to revamping the video game itself to bring it into sync with the film. A floating Vegas, hunh? Why am I'm having flashbacks to the SUPER MARIO BROS movie.