Turok movie a possibility

MTV is reporting that "Turok" v/o star Adam Beach said there's talk of turning Disney's first M-rated videogame into a movie. Here's the quote from MTV's movies blog:

“We just finished the animated movie and now we’re going into the feature film movie [which should lens] hopefully in a couple years. We’re about to set up meetings to develop a script and put it out there,” Beach enthused. “I’ll have to beef up, and be a good guy, and save the world!”

As is always the case with such projects, I'd advise fans to be extremely cautious. MTV"s headline ("EXCLUSIVE: Adam Beach to star in live action Turok movie") is the kind of over-the-top headline that people who don't know much about the movie business typically write.

What Beach actually said in the quote is that they are setting up meetings to develop a script. Keep in mind that there are dozens of meetings every day to develop scripts. Only a fraction of those turn into good scripts and a fraction of those actually get made as movies. And even that tiny faction often have big changes along the way in terms of talent, concept, etc.

All that being said, it's interesting that a "Turok" movie is even being talked about. And given that the game was published by Disney Interactive Studios, it's likely being developed (if it's even at that stage yet) by Walt Disney Pictures (under the Touchstone label, I'm sure, just as the game was).

We'll be looking into it here at Variety to see if there's anymore more to a "Turok" film than a few people talking. But I can assure you already that proclamations that it's happening and the star is set are a tad premature.