Getting Up on the silver screen

MTV Films picks up movie rights to Mark Ecko's tagging game, promises "an homage to graffiti's rich culture."

Games and graffiti have both been the subject of Hollywood adaptations that all involved would probably prefer to forget. The 1985 Timothy Hutton vehicle Turk 182 was to graffiti what Christian Slater's 1989 film Gleaming the Cube was to skateboarding. Or what another Christian Slater film from 1989, The Wizard, was to gaming. Or what Christian Slater's 2005 effort Alone in the Dark also was to gaming.

Promising "an homage to graffiti's rich culture," MTV Films today announced that it will try to do right by both gaming and street art with a feature film based on Atari's upcoming game, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. Ecko himself will produce the film along with MTV Films' Gregg Goldin, and MTV's corporate sibling, Paramount, is slated to distribute the finished product.

"When I first began working on Getting Up seven years ago, I wanted to create a storyline that provided a rare look inside of one of the most influential, yet often overlooked, artistic movements in recent history," Ecko said in a statement. "Today, graffiti is a global cultural phenomenon and few understand its impact better than MTV, pioneers in its use as a motion graphics tool nearly two decades ago. I am delighted to have the ability to bring the depth of our story to life on film and look forward to working with the great team MTV has assembled."

At the moment there's no projected release date for the movie, but the Getting Up game is scheduled for a February 2006 release on PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC.

31 Comments

  • gatsbythepig

    Posted Apr 17, 2006 7:51 pm PT

    please god no, make it stop!
    the game already hurt enough
    check my review to see the pain

  • sweet_jcs

    Posted Apr 17, 2006 5:36 pm PT

    what about that little classic "STYLE WARS???"

  • lageasy311

    Posted Feb 14, 2006 11:37 am PT

    Haters......all of you

  • lilweightlifter

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 3:30 pm PT

    Definitely will suck.

  • 987199

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 1:32 pm PT

    I think this game will bring a new genre to the indsutry. kind of like fhrenheit. because IT WILL RULE!

  • Comedyco

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 12:25 pm PT

    MTV is one of the crapiest thing to watch on tv. But in the theatres, MTV is by far the crapiest thing to waste $7 on. I'd rather spend $7 on a half a piece of gum. As for the game, looks like **** on a stick. MTV, u consist of gay reality shows, and stupid music, and only teeny boppers and bored people watch u.

  • ThePhantomVI

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 12:05 pm PT

    If you want to see a good graffiti movie, see Style Wars. There really doesn't need to be another film on the subject.
    Well, Beat Street was kinda cool...

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 10:17 am PT

    graffiti is cool. this movie will be stupid.

  • Mona5443

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 9:43 am PT

    When you see a name like MTV on the roster for a movie it means it'll suck. Plus, knowing MTV, it'll probably be an "8 Mile" clone: A great big underground place where two people battle "tag" for supremacy!

  • ZEELIX

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 9:31 am PT

    graffiti is way better than van gogh

  • NeoJedi

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 8:37 am PT

    MTV Films did release one good movie this year, the Longest Yard. The 50 Cent movie did blow though... dunno about the game, looks ok to me, but as for the movie... eh, I have my doubts.

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 8:13 am PT

    MTV Films is behind it...which means that it will probably suck.

  • rfasanel

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 4:55 am PT

    What a shame. Getting up is so ... eighties ... step into the 21st cent please.

  • smur1701

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 8:54 pm PT

    Anything with MTVs name is a sure failure.

  • Tsukasa7

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 5:39 pm PT

    There is already a pretty good grafitti movie called Bomb the System. It's on OnDemand for Comcast right now, not too bad.

  • Wej_accept_it

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:54 pm PT

    It ain't gonna work. Game to film is hard enough, but this sounds like a nightmare. Besides I'm betting the game won't even be that good, you run around in a city spraying tags. The city is GTA but with no cool radio stations or giant shot outs. BORE.

  • SparkyArki

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:46 pm PT

    I really think you guys should wait to play it and then come up with your conclusion.

  • noelmo

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:37 pm PT

    I saw Mark Ecko signing autographs at G.A.M.E. Seemed like a nice guy.

  • Aktion_Man

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:22 pm PT

    and where's the Jet Set Radio movie!?

  • Aktion_Man

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:22 pm PT

    in any case, I hope they stick to the alternate world, Orwellian setting. I can easily see them sticking Trane into NY and having run-ins with the cops and trying to be all badass... but the whole rebellion via art aspect of the game seems really compelling. I hope they stick to that.

  • phoenix14

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:07 pm PT

    sounds like one of those games that will be fun for the first day then after that will never be played again

  • TTS_Fusion

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:07 pm PT

    Any proof on why the game will be bad? As in, a hands on report or a copy of the script we can look at?

  • doomed51

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 4:03 pm PT

    the game will be bad, and the movie will be really bad....no news here lol

  • magus704

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 3:55 pm PT

    I don't know why people are showing so much hate for this game. From the preview coverage that has been written up for it, it looks like it could be a pretty good surprise for next year.

  • 75thDeadMan

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:47 pm PT

    it'll suck. and hillary is gona have a field day with this one.

  • zmaster200x

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:40 pm PT

    this movie is going to blow so hard.. it'll make prostitutes blush..

  • LordOfMidnight

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:30 pm PT

    Well, I grew up in the country, so even if the movie is good I probably wouldn't apperciate it as much as I should. If they can somehow get a compelling story in there anything has a shot I guess.

  • juicebomb

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:27 pm PT

    Turk 182 had a perfectly logical premise. Never have I been so proud of my Ottoman lineage. Timothy Hutton was a little pale for the role, but he really made me believe in this coming of age story set in the bustling city of Istanbul.

  • scotty_9

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:10 pm PT

    yah i think this might be cool but who knows it could be crap

  • evilshrimp111

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:02 pm PT

    Graffiti come on... thats going to be boring

  • Paul_TheGreat

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 1:59 pm PT

    I know it will suck.

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