“I enjoy writing. I also hate writing. Sometimes, when I cant squeeze out the thing I want to write, I write something else. This has happened a lot during Covid,” Jones wrote on Twitter, adding that he was inspired to pivot to adapting “Full Throttle” after he saw a friend’s animated reimagining of the video game on Vimeo. “If nothing else, it gave me a chance to do a bit of action comedy. I had a riot! Need to write some more of that…if I haven’t already.”
“Full Throttle” was an adventure game released by Lucasfilm’s video game imprint LucasArts in April 1995. Designed by Tim Schafer, the video game follows a biker gang leader named Ben in the near future who is forced to clear his name after being framed for the murder of a motorcycle manufacturing mogul. Double Fine Productions released a remastering of “Full Throttle” in 2017. Jones’ mounted his adaptation as a script exercise. There’s no word on whether or not the director might want to see his script through to the big screen.
Jones broke out as a filmmaker with his 2009 science-fiction indie “Moon,” which was followed by the well-reviewed Jake Gyllenhaal starrer “Source Code.” After “Warcraft” was a critical flop, Jones developed a “Moon” spiritual sequel at Netflix titled “Mute,” but the project earned negative reviews upon its 2018 streaming release. “Madi,” Jones’ third entry in the “Moon” franchise, was released as a graphic novel last year.
Sometimes, I just browse the web. Or tweet. One day I saw @TimOfLegend post a link to this-https://t.co/5w1genS4LT — Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) January 11, 2021
I had a riot! Need to write some more of that… if I haven’t already. 😁 — Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) January 12, 2021 Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
