Sony Developing ‘EverQuest’ Movie

IGN Movies reports that Sony Pictures is working with former Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad to develop the massively multiplayer online role-playing fantasy game “EverQuest”. Michael Gordon, who recently worked on the 300 script, is attached to write the screenplay.

The project is expected to be a tentpole release for either 2009 or 2010, though no official date has been set.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the fantasy epic will be based on an original pitch by Gordon and will feature some seminal characters from the game.

EverQuest takes place in the fantastical world of Norrath — a realm inhabited by 14 different races including humans, ogres, elves and animal-human hybrids — and its moon Luclin. Other planes of reality also exist within the game’s universe. Players create avatars that can slay monsters, embark on quests or acquire treasure.

Source: IGN Movies