"Empire" looking to take over the world

empire.jpgLong time producer Joel Silver (The Matrix, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon) has optioned the rights to the upcoming sci-fi novel Empire. The book which is also expected to be made into a video game AND a comic book franchise is published later this month and is written by profilic author Orson Scott Card. Coming Soon describe the project as an.... "...action film revolving around a scenario in the near future where the country has plunged into civil war after the White House is bombed and the president is assassinated. As fighting spreads through major cities, a lone operative being framed for the attacks is driven to find the truth the clear his name". We sure seem very paranoid about our future lately. It's almost like we are back in the 50's when the fear of communism and cold war was depicted in science fiction movies with mass alien invasions and abductions. A sign of the times perhaps or has Hollywood always produced movies with such a dim vision of our future? The book's author is a loyal democrat and has written in the past of his support of George Bush and the war on terror, so I would expect the film to be full of political propaganda. You can read manuscripts of the first couple of chapters of the book by visiting the author's official site by clicking here. source - hatrack, the hollywood reporter, coming soon
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.