TACOTOTE Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 581. 13-12-2005 DESIGNER SIGNS DEAL WITH MTV Ecko's Graffiti Game To Be Sprayed Across Silver Screens Designer signs deal with MTV Films for 'Getting Up.' Marc Ecko's "Getting Up" Photo: Atari, Inc. His first video game may have missed its intended holiday-season release date, but fashion impresario Marc Ecko has new reason to be excited about his interactive graffiti opus "Getting Up." MTV Films announced Thursday (December 8) that it has acquired the feature-film rights to Ecko's game and that Ecko will serve as a producer. No cast, crew or release dates are set yet for what will be MTV Films' first foray into the sometimes-treacherous waters of video-game-based movies. The film division's slate has included "Jackass: The Movie," "The Longest Yard," "Hustle & Flow" and "Napoleon Dynamite." Now it will face the challenge of trying to succeed with video games where previous companies adapting games from "Street Fighter" to "Doom" have struggled creatively and commercially. The game tells the story of Trane, an aspiring graffiti artist who learns the notorious street art and slowly gains the political consciousness to use it to fight the oppressive authorities of his city, New Radius. In the game, Trane is voiced by Talib Kweli. Diddy, Adam West and Rosario Dawson are also among the game's deep list of celebrity voice talent (see "P. Diddy Flips Out, RZA Promotes Graffiti In 'Getting' Game"). Earlier this summer Ecko told MTV News that "Getting Up" has been percolating in his mind since the mid-'90s when he wrote the script for a planned graffiti-adventure trilogy. At the time, he said, he was $6 million in debt (see "Designer Marc Ecko Says Graffiti Game Mixes 'Star Wars,' 'Style Wars' "). The video game version, which is being developed by the Collective, is expected to hit stores in February for PS2, Xbox and PC. It has drawn fire from critics, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who see it as the glorification of an illegal activity. This summer, Ecko already had a defense ready for his critics: "I'm not condoning you go out and ruin property," he said. "That's not what this is about. Any cynic that's going to try to just hate on it for that reason needs to dig just three inches deeper and understand the story, immerse yourself in the story and learn about Trane and where his head is really at. He's just trying to flip the script on the system." — Stephen Totilo ***FROM THE GRAPHOTISM WEBSITE**** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopi-one Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ehhh I can see this going two ways. Good commercial graff movie, blowing up scenes in towns, bringing more people to the scene. 2. Spins off thousands of fucking morons lookin to be a King graff tag bomber, and making shit REAL hot for the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptheknife Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 fuck that movie what a pile of shit. The last thing the world needs is loads more toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 i'm so excited at the prospect of this film that i might just fall asleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alongheroicstory Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 fuck.....its already hot fuck mtv fuck ecko, hes a faggot for exploiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 not at all suprising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 damn! i should have exploited graffiti, either that or i wish i had thought of myspace before that douche tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__DIPIIRY__ Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 my my. this is going to be just like fast and furious with street racing. things are only going to get hotter my friends. no matter where u paint. also, there will be a CRAP LOAD of toys coming into the scene as someone mentioned before. probably the ones that only go with sharpies. if they get a hold of spray paint, it ain't gonna be good and will ruin everything. i am gonna be so pissed if i see a TRANE tag on the streets. Even though cops probably know most of the things about graffiti, this is just going to make it hotter to go out at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KniggazInDemStreetz Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 My little brother bought a Trane t-shirt last weeks while we were on vacation, the world is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Originally posted by __DIPIIRY__@Jan 10 2006, 12:39 PM i am gonna be so pissed if i see a TRANE tag on the streets. Quoted post uuuhhh.....there's a trane that's been killing it in france for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samsung Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 wiggity wack. Mark ecko is a toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__DIPIIRY__ Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Originally posted by Mr. ABC+Jan 9 2006, 06:38 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mr. ABC - Jan 9 2006, 06:38 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-__DIPIIRY__@Jan 10 2006, 12:39 PM i am gonna be so pissed if i see a TRANE tag on the streets. Quoted post uuuhhh.....there's a trane that's been killing it in france for years Quoted post [/b] oh shit, my bad. well i wouldnt be visiting france anytime soon. it's in my area of which i was talking about when i said "on the streets." but nontheless, sorry bout that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
religion Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 The real will always shine through the bullshit. Beleive that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JambaJuice Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 does mark ecko have a soul? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirmfirm Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 anyone wanna go to the prem and 'sort' out marc ecko before he can make things any worse?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopi-one Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Originally posted by JambaJuice@Jan 10 2006, 07:03 AM does mark ecko have a soul? Quoted post No that was taken way back... for the clothing company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conspiringone Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 the clothing company/ the clothing i don't mind, shit is pimpin.... the game...sounds/looks kinda fun, other than the fact lots of little kids are gonna be running around with cans now the movie....WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING???!!!! this is not a good idea at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLY IS WILD Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 where is the ecko "headquarters" located at? anyone know? man, ecko is so down with graff i bet he would love fillins on his shit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmate Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Yeah anyone seen some of the adds for this game with the fake German Montana cans showing in them... Jesus, any other brand would have been better.. Way to go on the research Ecko/Atari.. I hope the graffiti gameplay is better then the Graffiti you can do in the "Warriors" game. That shit was wack, the rest was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEFTone Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 this is a bad thing to do.....but im still going to see it to see how he made us graffers(since he would probably call us that)look and see if he did it right............ why a movie as in a movie in theaters why cant he be like everyone else and make a short hardcore illegal bombing movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HECZONER Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Originally posted by PHILLY IS WILD@Jan 10 2006, 07:53 PM where is the ecko "headquarters" located at? anyone know? man, ecko is so down with graff i bet he would love fillins on his shit.... Quoted post WORD!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Abc Eater Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I hope someone finds out the headquarters adress, and someone in that are just fucking destroys it, with everything and anything etch, throws, big ass drippy mop tags and all kinds of shit. Like Philly said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirmfirm Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 i think this is one time where etch would be a good thing. lots of diiirrrtys chlorinenitratedicobobtecmanetchobath concoction stolen from a science class, put onto one of those huge carwash brushes and tag the side of his shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello1 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 a million toys are going to be writing "trane" (or whoever the main characters name is) in their city.. i dont know why but the concept of a dope underground culture like this losses its appeal when its bought into mainstream even if to show the illegal side.. is it intented for the main movie theaters? or something a lil more 'underground'..?.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELLOness Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Toys arnt toys forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOx Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I'll bet you one billion dollars that this movie will suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suavefella Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Originally posted by JambaJuice@Jan 10 2006, 07:03 AM does mark ecko have a soul? Quoted post He does yes, but it appears to be on loan to the sellout diablo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffkid15 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I found out where his home but not an exact location he lives some where in Bernardsville NJ, it would problably be one of the biggest homes most likely and his headqauters is 40 w. 23rd st NY,NY 10010 ecko headqauters :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGS156 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I hope Ashton Kutcher is in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
religion Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 People get stressed, but in the end, it will always be illegal. And the real will always know. True? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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