Play Gerard Butler in Gamer

by Justin McElroy { Jun 9th 2009 at 11:00PM }

In the horrifying world of the film Gamer, sweatpants-wearing nobodies are given the ability to control actual prisoners in the world's most visceral first-person shooter. That's right, someone's finally taken the leap and mixed The Most Dangerous Game with The Wizard and InnerSpace. Oh, and they put Gerard Butler in it!

We especially enjoy the film's official description which says its "set in a near future when gaming and entertainment have evolved into a terrifying new hybrid." Wait, gaming and entertainment? Together? What hath God wrought?

Tags: gamer, gerard-butler, movies

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 9th 2009 11:04PM

But is Super Mario Bros. 3 going to be revealed at the end?

Garvey @ Jun 10th 2009 8:32AM

Prolly, and they'll be using the Powerglove to play it.

ArchiGamer @ Jun 9th 2009 11:05PM

An opus of the coming future of games?

Temidien @ Jun 9th 2009 11:05PM

When I saw the trailer in theaters I literally sank in my seat. For a whole 2 minutes, I was embarrassed to be a gamer.

Then I went home, fired up COD4, and all was well in the world XD

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Jun 10th 2009 2:37AM

In my country, Gerard Butler plays you.

Snipermike @ Jun 9th 2009 11:10PM

If they really want to capture the essence of gaming in the movie.The kid controlling Gerard Butler will teabag everyone he kills and talk trash about everyone's mom.

Dirty @ Jun 9th 2009 11:20PM

don't forget the racism.

ArchiGamer @ Jun 9th 2009 11:23PM

and calling other people gay or using the word..

Temidien @ Jun 10th 2009 8:04AM

Is it wrong that I really wanna see Butler teabag someone now? Does that make me a gay n00b?

Velsar @ Jun 9th 2009 11:11PM

I really wouldn't be surprised if gaming ever evolved into something like this, or similar to the running man.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 9th 2009 11:22PM

If full Body control gets implemented as a standard in the next generation of consoles we are a decade away from something like this.

Cody @ Jun 9th 2009 11:33PM

@Manly Mcbeefington

Well, Natal uses your full body as a controller...so maybe we're less than a decade away from this.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 9th 2009 11:43PM

Natal I think is scheduled for next year so I don't think we'll see FPS using body control until the next circle of consoles if it becomes a standard.

OLDMIKE @ Jun 9th 2009 11:53PM

if you realy think it will be out next year you must be on some good stuff

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 9th 2009 11:58PM

That's why I added [I think] as in maybe, open as a possibility, a perhaps.

The sooner is implemented the sooner we'll see something like this.

InFaMoUs1- @ Jun 9th 2009 11:14PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCBIo4eUguE&feature=player_embedded

InFaMoUs1- @ Jun 9th 2009 11:18PM

I'm sorry but I never thought I'd get to use the clip on Joystiq

The Dark Wayne @ Jun 10th 2009 12:06AM

my God man tell me you dont watch TMZ!

Obie @ Jun 9th 2009 11:15PM

THIS....IS....POWNAGE!

I feel bad for Gerard, he was good in 300, but has been in non-stop crappy movies since then. He needs a new agent.

cuteSAVAGE @ Jun 9th 2009 11:19PM

PS I love You was great.

Also how can you not like a Guy Ritchie film? RocknRolla was brilliant!!!!

Obie @ Jun 9th 2009 11:22PM

Meh, Rocknrolla, was not that great. Tho Mark Strong was good in that one.

cuteSAVAGE @ Jun 9th 2009 11:33PM

Aye, Strong was fantastic. He made that film. Toby Kebbell as well, one of my favorite performances ever.

Riley @ Jun 9th 2009 11:54PM

i thought it was one of his best movies, up there with his 1st 2 (I liked Revolver, too, but it was a different kind of movie)

Mikey @ Jun 10th 2009 1:01AM

I liked him in RocknRolla as well. That and 300 were the only good movies he has starred in.

But this movie might fail more than Ludacris' acting career, which oddly enough, is in this movie.

ignfan69 @ Jun 9th 2009 11:21PM

I'm new to joystiq, and this advertisement passed off as news kinda ruins the site for me. Am I to expect to put up with all kinds of "covert" ads like this?

Turd Ferguson @ Jun 9th 2009 11:23PM

you have joystiq figured out

Triscuit @ Jun 9th 2009 11:25PM

Or perhaps it's just supposed to be a humorous post?

mr nimblewick @ Jun 9th 2009 11:32PM

I guess I don't understand. Doesn't that make every post an advertisement for something?

This_Time @ Jun 9th 2009 11:37PM

Joystiq is a weblog offering news about video game *products*. These are things you buy, so I guess if offering news about a product is considered an advertisement, then yes, expect it all you want. You won't be disappointed, and you won't see much else.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jun 9th 2009 11:45PM

Yeah down with the man and his hate machine.

If you are not indie f**k you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617lGZjYyNo

copa @ Jun 10th 2009 12:02AM

Please stop downvoting this guy. Someone named "IGN Fan" is expressing deep concern about the confluence of advertising and editorial content.

Entertainment this rich must be plainly visible to the whole world.

Blank-Mage @ Jun 10th 2009 12:43AM

Copa gets 4 hearts.

ArchiGamer @ Jun 10th 2009 1:30AM

Yeah, Fuck Joystiq and their ads! I'm going to IGN or Gametrailers or 1UP where there are no ads!

aristokrat @ Jun 10th 2009 4:00PM

I'm guessing you're also new to a good reply-chain inbox thrashing. Open wide, here comes da wittle airpwane...

Old Professor Zertoss @ Jun 9th 2009 11:23PM

I can confirm that in the near future, entertainment will be synonymous with watching prisoners kill each other for sport. It does wonders for prison populations and crime rates but never gets crossed with video games. That is pure fantasy.

Once the world runs out of prisoners, FOX starts up American Idol again, but they kill the bad singers in gruesome death traps. Coincidentally, the Great Killbot Uprising happens about that time.

Good luck with that, 21st century!