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I'm going to say a phrase and then I want you to close your eyes and imagine what sort of movie that phrase would make. OK, ready? Here we go: "The Sims Movie." Let it sink in for a bit. Are your eyes closed? Good. Now imagine a live-action 90-minute movie in which all the characters do is lounge around the house, take a few showers, pee a lot, cook food, call people, wash toilets, work out, buy furniture, pee some more, woo neighbors, put out fires, dance strangely, collect mail, pee once more, read a book, and then walk outside yelling Buuu-fwoobadooo-mWAH! to anyone within earshot. Sound like fun? Well then Fox has a movie for you. (Oh, and I know you were cheating. You can't read movie blogs with your eyes closed!)

According to Variety, 20th Century Fox has acquired the rights to The Sims, and not only are they actually planning to make a movie out of it, but they've already hired a producer (John Davis) to oversee and a screenwriter (Brian Lynch) to translate all the floobadoo-fwahs into actual dialog. For those who choose to pay attention to such things (like me), John Davis produced movies like Norbit, Eragon, Fat Albert and Garfield 2. Yeah. Variety claims that Mr. Lynch was a writer on Scary Movie 3, but the IMDb doesn't seem to agree with the trade paper on that point. (Then again, the Scary Movie flicks have more writers than The New York Times, so I imagine it's tough to keep track.)

So yeah. A Sims movie. We can't wait for the expansion packs sequels.

After writing about the Tom Cruise/ Katie Holmes wedding for Cinematical's SmartGossip, I realized how many people wanted to hear more details and see more photos of the ceremony and events surrounding it. People magazine has published still photos of the happy couple, the cake-cutting, the guests, and so forth, but it's not quite the same as actual wedding video footage.

If you're one of those people who wish you could have seen the wedding firsthand, or at least through some secret hidden video cameras, now's your chance. Sort of. The creative crew over at Sims Gamer have posted "exclusive footage" of Sims Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as they marry in an Italian castle. I don't think the Sims footage is exactly like the real-life wedding must have been -- I didn't see any couch-jumping in the People photos -- but it surely catches the spirit of the event. And the simulated couple does look surprisingly like their celebrity counterparts. If you don't know much about The Sims game, the little thought bubbles sprouting from the characters' heads and other symbols may seem a bit foreign to you, but you can still enjoy the delightful (and hilarious) ceremony. I think I was more entertained thaI would have been by the actual ceremony; the clothes may not be Armani, but this ceremony was only two minutes long.

[via Moviefone]