‘Space Nation’ TV Series in the Works From Filmmaker Roland Emmerich Based on New Online Roleplaying Video Game (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Independence Day” and “Those About To Die” director Roland Emmerich and Marco Weber (“The Thirteenth Floor,” “Igby Goes Down”) are developing a live-action TV series based on “Space Nation Online,” the titular Web3 video game at the center of their new transmedia IP company, Space Nation Inc.

Per Space Nation Inc.,”The series will map out the origins of the epic story that began with the recent soft launch of Space Nation Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that sends players to a distant star cluster where humanity has settled following Earth’s destruction.” The series will be developed and executive-produced by Emmerich and Weber.

When it comes to how the “Space Nation” show will be distributed, Weber says “we want to take a a approach that fits into the overall philosophy of what we’re doing with the with the game, with our economy” — meaning not developing it for a streamer or network. “We might sell a second window to one of the streamers, but all on a licensing basis,” Weber said. “We’re not looking for a streamer to come in and outright buy the IP.

And our goal is to be able to finance a significant portion of the budget ourselves through our own economy and our own token.” Space Nation was founded by Emmerich, Weber and game developers Jerome Wu and Tony Tang as a company focused on “first-of-its-kind transmedia IP spanning video games, online content, and TV/streaming.” Backed with $50 million in funding, the venture’s first project, the Web3 game “Space Nation Online,” soft launched Sept.