Picking up from extensive box office collection of The Angry Birds movie early this year, converting mobile games into animated feature films seems like an idea that can lead to a considerable breakthrough. Another popular game franchise Fruit Ninja is in talks for a full length feature film.
New Line Cinema, the American film studio, has bought the rights to make a movie out of the game. The plot of the feature may revolve around a certain concept of a team of misfits who are recruited to become Fruit Ninjas in order to save the world.
The writing duo behind How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack at Sony Animation J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani will pen the script.
Tripp Vinson will be producing the film. Vinson has a long work history with the studio for he recently served as an executive producer on New Line’s action hit San Andreas. He also produced the film Journey to the Center of the Earth for the studio.
The video game Fruit Ninja has been developed by Halfbrick in Brisbane, Australia. It was initially released on 21 April, 2010 for iPod Touch and iPhone devices and later for other Operating Systems. Fruit Ninja is the second-highest-selling iOS game of all time, with over 1 billion downloads.
The success of The Angry Birds movie is self explanatory as it grossed a worldwide total of $346.4 million. The movie released on 20 May, 2016 and went on to earn $107.5 million in North America and $238.9 million at the box office in other territories. More than the box office collection, this movie also entertained the audience with its light script full of humour, drama and a decent storyline.
