Scarlett Johansson linked with Crash Override (Gamergate film)

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Crash Override, Zoe Quinn's memoir that centres on Gamergate, is heading to the movies...
The Gamergate controversy, which few would come close to describing as the internet's finest hour, is to be turned into a movie.

Pascal Pictures, heading up by former Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal, is set to use as the source for its feature project Zoe Quinn's upcoming memoir Crash Override: How To Save The Internet From Itself, which is due out in September 2016.

That memoir is set to focus in large part on Gamergate, which in turn raised worrying questions about harrassment on the internet, journalism itself, and the levels of sexism and discrimination without the videogames industry. Quinn's got an important perspective, too. An indepenedent game developer, she became the subject of vile harrassment when her ex-boyfriend penned a blog post about how she received positive coverage from a journalist she was dating. Staggeringly, this erupted to the point where Quinn was the victim of countless death threats over the internet. She ended up having to go to the authorities, in genuine fear for her safety.

Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum are set to adapt Crash Override for the screen. Meanwhile, Scarlett Johansson has been linked with taking on the role of Zoe Quinn in the movie.

Sony Pictures has first dibs on distributing the movie.

The proposal for the film, as reported by Deadline, reads thus:

There aren't many further hard details on the film as of yet, but we will keep you updated as we learn more.

Someone is going to have to explain to me what Gamergate is, because from what it sounds like, it doesn't make for interesting film material.