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Bruckheimer & J. Michael Straczynski Coming Together For SHATTERED UNION!!


Merrick here...

Jerry Bruckheimer and J. Michael Straczynski (BABYLON 5, CHANGELING) are allying to bring SHATTERED UNION to the big screen. It's based on a 2K game which is available HERE.

In the game, states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington, D.C., is wiped out in a nuclear blast and chaos ravages the nation. Players control one of the warring group of states -- the California Commonwealth, Republic of Texas and New England Alliance are three of the six -- or a European peacekeeping unit sent to reunify America.

...explains THIS piece in Variety.

Similar territory was recently explored on CBS by the series JERICHO. The show garnered lackluster ratings but raised a rabid fanbase whose devotion resulted in a soon-to-be-released "Season 3" comic book series (from the show's masterminds). Like UNION, the JERICHO comics will chronicle a modern day Civil War in America.

The SHATTERED UNION game looks like this...






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Hot damn. Straczynski is a writing machine…
by blakindigo
Oct 27th, 2009
01:56:12 PM
I remember this game.
by vizui
Oct 27th, 2009
02:01:50 PM
Long live the New Enlgland Alliance...
by FlickaPoo
Oct 27th, 2009
02:04:34 PM
...call it RED WHITE AND BLUE DAWN.
by FlickaPoo
Oct 27th, 2009
02:07:05 PM
good timing
by Tenenbaum
Oct 27th, 2009
02:13:52 PM
God damn.
by GiveMeAnFinBreak
Oct 27th, 2009
02:14:49 PM
As long as it gets Straczynski off of Thor for good.
by Kontarsky
Oct 27th, 2009
02:15:43 PM
As a subcommander of the California Commonwealth, I say
by HarryCalder
Oct 27th, 2009
02:26:50 PM
40 minutes of a government-related TB...
by The Garbage Man
Oct 27th, 2009
02:38:58 PM
Straczynski wasn't good on Thor. But, his early Spider-Man
by blakindigo
Oct 27th, 2009
02:47:03 PM
Y'know, I always thought that Matt Damon...
by The Garbage Man
Oct 27th, 2009
02:49:06 PM
Played it many times
by mukhtabi
Oct 27th, 2009
02:50:00 PM
I like the scenario. Fascinating idea.
by Madcapper
Oct 27th, 2009
03:04:06 PM
Straczynski off Thor?
by brundlelfy
Oct 27th, 2009
03:09:43 PM
.........
by brundlelfy
Oct 27th, 2009
03:14:01 PM
THE J. Michael Straczynski
by thelordofhell
Oct 27th, 2009
03:23:39 PM
JMS should do a Captain Power revival.
by themikejonas
Oct 27th, 2009
03:25:40 PM
Straczynski is All Set Up, No Climax
by Ultraman2000
Oct 27th, 2009
03:35:08 PM
Does anybody think Changeling was underrated?
by TheWaqman
Oct 27th, 2009
04:13:30 PM
RISK - THE MOVIE!
by lockesbrokenleg
Oct 27th, 2009
04:32:03 PM
DC/Vertigo series DMZ
by reTARDIS
Oct 27th, 2009
05:02:45 PM
i thought the Changeling was a classic
by therootstheroots
Oct 27th, 2009
05:40:06 PM
now this is interesting....
by The_Crimson_King
Oct 27th, 2009
05:41:05 PM
Captain Power & the Soldiers of the Future
by rben
Oct 27th, 2009
05:42:16 PM
Straczynski will own your ass!
by ZaphodBB
Oct 27th, 2009
06:08:18 PM
Straczynski will own your ass!
by ZaphodBB
Oct 27th, 2009
06:08:19 PM
Still waiting for HALF-LIFE, dammit!
by MrMysteryGuest
Oct 27th, 2009
06:12:02 PM
Anyone remember "Empire?"
by drewlicious
Oct 27th, 2009
06:30:22 PM
This game is 5 kinds of awesome
by smackfu
Oct 27th, 2009
06:35:03 PM
What's funny is if you play any of the 5 other factions
by smackfu
Oct 27th, 2009
06:39:45 PM
The goal
by Toonol
Oct 27th, 2009
06:48:38 PM
DC gets blown up?
by Mel Garga
Oct 27th, 2009
07:34:25 PM
Looks better suited for TV
by ballyhoo
Oct 27th, 2009
07:42:51 PM
Second Civil War
by Maniaq
Oct 27th, 2009
07:45:22 PM
I loved Jericho
by deanbarry
Oct 27th, 2009
07:48:19 PM
this would of been a better Escape From New York sequel.
by future help
Oct 27th, 2009
08:42:42 PM
The Fall of the Republic The Presidency of Barack H. Obama (High
by Spazatronik2000
Oct 27th, 2009
09:57:06 PM
http://www.latinoreview.com/ne ws/and-the-villian-for-spider- man-
by future help
Oct 27th, 2009
09:59:25 PM
2010 and 2012 will be our Second Civil Wars
by Starship Captain
Oct 27th, 2009
10:35:40 PM
Starship Captain
by PTSDPete
Oct 27th, 2009
10:54:03 PM
Will Jeremy Irons be in this one?
by lockesbrokenleg
Oct 27th, 2009
11:02:14 PM
Long live Arkansas, Motherfuckers!
by xevoid
Oct 27th, 2009
11:14:22 PM
CALIFORNIA CLIQUE, not commonwealth
by Meadowe
Oct 27th, 2009
11:28:43 PM
CC is Canadian —
by blakindigo
Oct 27th, 2009
11:59:14 PM
someone asked for more douchebags in this thread
by smackfu
Oct 28th, 2009
12:26:09 AM
The Cali commenwealth will have fabu uniforms
by Xiphos_2
Oct 28th, 2009
01:10:51 AM
blakindigo I know Mr. Reso's Canadian
by Meadowe
Oct 28th, 2009
01:32:03 AM
California would whip the Texans asses
by Maniaq
Oct 28th, 2009
02:11:16 AM
Wisconsin would go first
by lockesbrokenleg
Oct 28th, 2009
02:32:53 AM
West Virginia first to go
by ATARI
Oct 28th, 2009
07:36:45 AM
Fuck Jerry Bruckheimer
by AsimovLives
Oct 28th, 2009
08:06:45 AM
Don Simpson did
by Maniaq
Oct 28th, 2009
08:30:52 AM
hoping New England or California win
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Oct 28th, 2009
09:18:40 AM
Fuck Jerry Bruckheimer
by AsimovLives
Oct 28th, 2009
12:12:03 PM
No, really, fuck Jerry Bruckheimer
by AsimovLives
Oct 28th, 2009
12:13:05 PM
JMS and the Forbidden Planet triligy
by thedoctor28
Oct 28th, 2009
12:40:38 PM
Have the game; never played long; good concept.
by JasonPratt
Oct 28th, 2009
12:52:34 PM

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