Brett Ratner: GUITAR HERO!?

Merrick here...
Brett Ratner is horny to make a movie centered around Activision's GUITAR HERO franchise. Ratner says:

“I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture. I would love to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie, if Activision would ever let me. I’m trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise? Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie. ” And here is his idea for the plot: “It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the ‘Guitar Hero’ competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.”

...according to THIS INTERVIEW with MTV. The article goes on to discuss Ratner's insidious influence on the GUITAR HERO games (now I'm even more glad we're a ROCK BAND household). When quizzed about the status of the GOD OF WAR movie adaptation he's been attached to for a while, he offered this sublime insight: He's...

"...doing a movie version of ‘God of War"

Which is awesome, because he's the perfect choice for, well, any project, really. Here's proof: