'Spore' set for the big screenHit video game "Spore spore, term applied both to a resistant or resting stage occurring among various unicellular organisms (especially bacteria) and to an asexual reproductive cell produced by many unicellular plants and animals and by all plants that undergo an alternation of " is set to evolve onto the big screen as an animated movie, entertainment press reported Friday. Daily Variety said Twentieth Century Fox was developing the film with video game publisher Electronic Arts. "Ice Age" film-maker Chris Wedge is set to direct, Variety reported. "From every perspective -- visually, thematically the·mat·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being a theme: a scene of thematic importance. 2. and comedically -- the world of 'Spore' provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen," Wedge was quoted as saying. More than 65 million creatures have been created by players since "Spore" was released. Players start as microscopic microscopic /mi·cro·scop·ic/ (mi?kro-skop´ik) 1. of extremely small size; visible only by the aid of the microscope. 2. pertaining or relating to a microscope or to microscopy. life forms competing for survival in primordial primordial /pri·mor·di·al/ (pri-mor´de-al) primitive. pri·mor·di·al adj. 1. Being or happening first in sequence of time; primary; original. 2. ooze OOZE - Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992. and work their way onto land, where they evolve into creatures that build civilizations and rocket into space. Creatures can be made to have scales, fins, wings, claws, extra appendages, additional eyes, or body parts in unexpected places. 
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