Talk:The Sims (film)

Deletion
I included reputable, verifiable sources. I disagree with the "crystal ball" claim because this movie is going to be made, it's been announced that they bought the rights. --Somenamethisis 02:39, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I disagree also, All sources are reliable and rights have been verified. --Theloon 05:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Producer, Writer and Distributor have been named, Clearly this is not criteria for speedy deletion. --Theloon 06:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it should be deleted as we don't know the title of the movie, and if there will be any other persons involved in the project. Just because 20th Century Fox owns the rights to make the movie there is no guarantee that it will be made anytime soon. Sillygostly 06:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * There have been many films that have been untitled, or changed in post-production, The title is irrelevant, There is an encyclopedic reason for this article, It is the highest selling computer game of all time, the rights being sold to 20th Century Fox is a major milestone in the franchise history, A writer and producer have been attached. It is in preproduction. Whether this is just merged into The Sims main page for now, or kept as an individual article. It is relevant. --Theloon 06:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Then feel free to mention it in the main Sims or Sims 2 articles. There's no need to give The Sims movie it's own article at this stage. Sillygostly 02:07, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Plus we don't even know if the film is going to be live action. Sillygostly 02:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually we do, see "The movie will be live-action." Every reference has included the live action information. --Theloon 03:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

=Citation Redundancy= There is no need to cite the same web page more than once, so I removed the second reference to it. --C. Raleigh 20:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Merge to The Sims
There is no guarantee that this film will be made, so I believe that it is appropriate, with the minimal content available, to merge and redirect this article. Studios often acquire feature film rights to materials but do not immediately place the projects into production. There's no indication that this will be fast-tracked. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:09, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see this as being a silly idea, All we have go to work with is the rights being purchased, Which is only an aspect of The Sims franchise, What does everyone else think? --Theloon 16:46, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I feel that this article should not be merged, as it is not closely enough related to the game (for it to share the same article), save for the name. Not to mention that some of the crew has already been confirmed. --C. Raleigh 20:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't believe that's a reasonable judgment call at this point, since it cannot be determined how closely this potential film adaptation will relate to the game itself. In addition, it's not a matter of similarity in the content; it's a matter of avoiding the creation of articles with minimal content when there is no indication that it will grow from there.  When a film is announced, this does not guarantee it will be produced, but instead linger in development hell.  If it does -- especially indicated by a director, a cast, and a production start date -- then the article can be expanded again.  Gears of War is an example of a merge and redirect, and the film article can be recreated when it can be shown that the film will actually be produced. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 21:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I think that the article should exist as an article, not a redirection page. Soon, more info regarding the movie will be released, and added here. --Jimbo Herndan 00:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)


 * There's no certainty if there will be a film produced right away. Studios often buy feature film rights but do not fast-track projects into production.  If there are significant indicators of actual production, such as having a director, cast, and production start date, the article can be restored from a redirect into a film article. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 00:30, 13 June 2007 (UTC)