The only good thing about "Need For Speed:Undercover" - Maggie Q...
In news which might have seemed like a hot deal right after the release of “The Fast & The Furious” back in 2001 but which now seems like a case of Hollywood being predictably behind the times, DreamWorks have emerged as front-runners in a battle to nab the film rights to EA’s long-running and iterated-up-the-whazoo racing games.
I’d be reasonably happy to see a movie based on this franchise, as there’s always been an element of story attempting to knit together otherwise unconnected races, stunt challenges and general law-flouting, cookie-cutter rebellion – it couldn’t be any less absurd than the last “Fast & Furious“ flick, but it would have to go a hell of a long way to be half as enjoyable as Justin Lim’s feverish nitrous dream.
John Gatins, who previously brought you robot-bashing hug-em-up “Real Steel“ is down to write the script, which hopefully may aspire to more than sweaty, C-list CW studs calling each other ‘Bro’ and engaging in physics-defying, CG-assisted vehicular mentalism. I also predict the reassuring presence of many hot ladies to carefully negate any sense that all of these devil-may-care, hot-headed rebels are eager to explore each other’s manifolds between life-or-pink-slip races.
All very nice for EA, I’m sure, but where’s my frigging “Burnout” movie already?
