gamespot just credited GAF for this 'rumor'
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/05/news_6130286.html
RUMOR #3: Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil is getting the silver-screen treatment.
Source: Gaming Age forum posters and a convincing-looking official movie Web site.
The official story: "This project is not connected to Ubisoft in any way. Thanks very much for bringing this to our attention."--Ubisoft rep.
What we heard: Games becoming movies. They're becoming as common as... well, movies becoming games. A posting on Gaming Ages' forums may have uncovered yet another small-screen to big-screen transmogrification. A Web site for a Beyond Good & Evil movie is up and running, and it looks completely authentic (even though Uwe Boll isn't attached). Proof enough, right? Well, not exactly. A "DVD Video" logo tucked in the corner indicates this won't make it to the local Cineplex. And a quick look at the films' studios' Web site reveals that it may not even make it to your local rental store--the site simply shows a timer counting down to September 10, presumably its release date. An Internet search on Google and IMDB for director Oliver Langdon, who seems to do everything but cater the set, yields zilch except a reference to a theater director. Considering that no one actually even played the stellar Beyond Good & Evil from Rayman creator Michel Ancel, save for a handful of educated gamers, no real studio would green-light this project. The film, if it is indeed on its way, is likely the work of a fan, and not a major studio. We'll wait for Ancel's next project, Peter Jackson's King Kong, and see if that gets made into a film.
Bogus or not bogus?: Beyond Good & Evil? This won't even get Beyond the director's VCR. Bogus.
