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From the man who brought you Rush Hour 3, it's FarmVille ... the TV show?
Zynga's social game monolith is being turned into a television show, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Brett Ratner, the director of the Rush Hour trilogy as well as Tower Heist, has been tapped to produce the series by Canadian production company Six Eleven Media.
"FarmVille is one of the most exciting brands out there today and its cross-platform opportunities are endless. I am thrilled to be expanding the brand with existing fans and also engaging a whole new audience,” Ratner told the WSJ.
FarmVille and its sequel FarmVille 2 are some of the biggest games on Facebook, attracting millions of players to create farmsteads and grow virtual crops.
The game has already made the jump to other mediums; last year Hasbro released a FarmVilleboard game along with several other titles it licensed from Zynga.
Brett Ratner is also working a Hercules movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson that is listed on IMDB as being in "pre-production." He also previously produced FOX's Prison Break and Horrible Bosses.
Article from: http://mashable.com/2013/02/08/farmville-could-be-coming-to-a-television-near-you/
