The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (also known as The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pickup Artists) is a non-fiction book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community.
- The long history of the big screen adaptation In 2005, Columbia Pictures acquired the film rights to Neil Strauss ‘ bestselling pickup book The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society of Pickup.
- James Franco to Play Pick-Up Artist in The Game. James Franco signs on to portray a pick-up artist in the upcoming movie adaptation of author Neil Strauss' book, The Game. Originally published in September 2005, The Game was written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss based on his personal experiences with the seduction community of pick-up artists (including his enigmatic mentor named Mystery).
- If The Game taught you how to meet members of the opposite sex, The Truth will teach you how to keep them. In The Truth, Strauss takes on his greatest challenge yet: Relationships. And in this wild and highly entertaining ride, he explores the questions that men and women are asking themselves every day: Is it natural to be faithful to one person for life?
- There was a problem previewing Neil Strauss (Style) - The Game (complete e-book).pdf.
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- James Franco in Talks to Star as Pick-Up Artist in 'The Game' The Hollywood Reporter
As the movie adaptation of Neil Strauss's best-selling investigative book/how-to-guide on picking up women, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists, is being tossed around studios, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that James Franco is currently in talks to star.
According to THR, Franco would play Mystery, aka Erik von Markovik, the renowned pick-up artist who made a name for himself by coaching other men on how to successfully hit on women. In the early aughts, journalist Strauss spent four months embedded within the subculture obsessed with seduction, in an attempt to try and learn their secrets. The whole experience was published in book-format and is now in the process of being adapted for the big screen.
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The project has reportedly changed hands a few times already but according to THR, Brian Koppelman and David Levien are slated to write and direct the film for MGM. All of which undoubtedly means that having Franco as the star will likely boost the film's chances at the box office. Let's face it, while the notion of pick-up artists had its moment back in 2005 through 2007, the concept's time to shine has passed. So Franco could certainly lend the project a bit more credibility.
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That is, if anyone finds him believable in the role. While it's not exactly surprising that the ubiquitous actor's been pegged to appear in the movie — he's indefatigable these days so he crops up in all sorts of unlikely places. Yale, for instance. We have to admit that we're going to have trouble believing that a man with a face like Franco's would need any sort of tricks to pick-up women. With dimples like that? We don't think so.
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Posted on Friday, January 6th, 2012 by Peter Sciretta
James Franco is in talks to star in MGM's big screen adaptation of the bestselling book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss. Franco would not be playing the Strauss character however, but instead the chatacter of Mystery, a master pick-up artist who teaches Neil the tricks of the trade and introduces him into the world of 'the game.' Some of you might recall that the real life Mystery starred in a VH1 reality series spawned by the success of the book called 'The Pick-Up Artist'.
The Game Neil Strauss Movie
Denoiser vst free download. 'Are you just another AFC (‘average frustrated chump') trying to meet an HB (‘hot babe')? How would you like to ‘full-close' with a Penthouse Pet of the Year? The answers, my friend, are in Neil Strauss' entertaining book The Game.' So begins, the Amazon.com description of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss. For those of you who are chuckling about the idea of a handbook for pickup artists being adapted into a big screen movie, that isn't exactly the case.
While Strauss' book does have information claiming to teach men who to pickup women, the story is a first person account of Rolling Stone writer Struss' journey into the world of pickup artists, where he not only learned how to become one, but he becomes a master teacher with a group of rotating students in a Sunset Strip mansion. The whole thing has a feel of Project Mayhem from Fight Club but without the destruction and violence. In the course of his adventures, he plays Britney Spears and Courtney Love moves into the mansion to learn some of his 'game.' That is, until he meets a girl who might make him want to leave it all behind.
The long history of the big screen adaptation
The Game Neil Strauss Film
In 2005, Columbia Pictures acquired the film rights to Neil Strauss‘ bestselling pickup book The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society of Pickup Artists, and About A Boy director/screenwriter Chris Weitz was at one point attached to direct.
The option expired, and rights returned to Strauss. Two years ago it was announced that Academy Award-winning USC grad Ari Sandel (West Bank Story) is in talks to direct the big screen adaptation for Lionsgate with Due Date scribe Adam Sztykiel rewriting Dan Weiss‘ script. Soon after, The Office writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitskycame on board to polish the screenplay.
And in July 2011, a whole new creative crew came onto the project to write and direct: David Levien and Brian Koppleman, who made a name for themselves with the script for Rounders, then wrote the scripts for Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Thirteen and The Girlfriend Experience.
This latest update comes from The Hollywood Reporter.
Here is the official plot synopsis from the book:
'This is one hugely entertaining book. I loved every page. And I will never let Neil Strauss within fifty feet of my wife.' –A. J. Jacobs, Esquire
Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive, witty, and controversial books of the year–guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever. On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has memorable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange – and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of the year.
Neil Strauss The Game Review
- The long history of the big screen adaptation In 2005, Columbia Pictures acquired the film rights to Neil Strauss ‘ bestselling pickup book The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society of Pickup.
- James Franco to Play Pick-Up Artist in The Game. James Franco signs on to portray a pick-up artist in the upcoming movie adaptation of author Neil Strauss' book, The Game. Originally published in September 2005, The Game was written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss based on his personal experiences with the seduction community of pick-up artists (including his enigmatic mentor named Mystery).
- If The Game taught you how to meet members of the opposite sex, The Truth will teach you how to keep them. In The Truth, Strauss takes on his greatest challenge yet: Relationships. And in this wild and highly entertaining ride, he explores the questions that men and women are asking themselves every day: Is it natural to be faithful to one person for life?
- There was a problem previewing Neil Strauss (Style) - The Game (complete e-book).pdf.
Related
- James Franco in Talks to Star as Pick-Up Artist in 'The Game' The Hollywood Reporter
As the movie adaptation of Neil Strauss's best-selling investigative book/how-to-guide on picking up women, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists, is being tossed around studios, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that James Franco is currently in talks to star.
According to THR, Franco would play Mystery, aka Erik von Markovik, the renowned pick-up artist who made a name for himself by coaching other men on how to successfully hit on women. In the early aughts, journalist Strauss spent four months embedded within the subculture obsessed with seduction, in an attempt to try and learn their secrets. The whole experience was published in book-format and is now in the process of being adapted for the big screen.
(MORE: The Worst Oscar Hosts Of All Time)
The project has reportedly changed hands a few times already but according to THR, Brian Koppelman and David Levien are slated to write and direct the film for MGM. All of which undoubtedly means that having Franco as the star will likely boost the film's chances at the box office. Let's face it, while the notion of pick-up artists had its moment back in 2005 through 2007, the concept's time to shine has passed. So Franco could certainly lend the project a bit more credibility.
The Game Neil Strauss Movies
That is, if anyone finds him believable in the role. While it's not exactly surprising that the ubiquitous actor's been pegged to appear in the movie — he's indefatigable these days so he crops up in all sorts of unlikely places. Yale, for instance. We have to admit that we're going to have trouble believing that a man with a face like Franco's would need any sort of tricks to pick-up women. With dimples like that? We don't think so.
MORE: James Franco to Publish His First Novel On Amazon
Posted on Friday, January 6th, 2012 by Peter Sciretta
James Franco is in talks to star in MGM's big screen adaptation of the bestselling book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss. Franco would not be playing the Strauss character however, but instead the chatacter of Mystery, a master pick-up artist who teaches Neil the tricks of the trade and introduces him into the world of 'the game.' Some of you might recall that the real life Mystery starred in a VH1 reality series spawned by the success of the book called 'The Pick-Up Artist'.
The Game Neil Strauss Movie
Denoiser vst free download. 'Are you just another AFC (‘average frustrated chump') trying to meet an HB (‘hot babe')? How would you like to ‘full-close' with a Penthouse Pet of the Year? The answers, my friend, are in Neil Strauss' entertaining book The Game.' So begins, the Amazon.com description of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss. For those of you who are chuckling about the idea of a handbook for pickup artists being adapted into a big screen movie, that isn't exactly the case.
While Strauss' book does have information claiming to teach men who to pickup women, the story is a first person account of Rolling Stone writer Struss' journey into the world of pickup artists, where he not only learned how to become one, but he becomes a master teacher with a group of rotating students in a Sunset Strip mansion. The whole thing has a feel of Project Mayhem from Fight Club but without the destruction and violence. In the course of his adventures, he plays Britney Spears and Courtney Love moves into the mansion to learn some of his 'game.' That is, until he meets a girl who might make him want to leave it all behind.
The long history of the big screen adaptation
The Game Neil Strauss Film
In 2005, Columbia Pictures acquired the film rights to Neil Strauss‘ bestselling pickup book The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society of Pickup Artists, and About A Boy director/screenwriter Chris Weitz was at one point attached to direct.
The option expired, and rights returned to Strauss. Two years ago it was announced that Academy Award-winning USC grad Ari Sandel (West Bank Story) is in talks to direct the big screen adaptation for Lionsgate with Due Date scribe Adam Sztykiel rewriting Dan Weiss‘ script. Soon after, The Office writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitskycame on board to polish the screenplay.
And in July 2011, a whole new creative crew came onto the project to write and direct: David Levien and Brian Koppleman, who made a name for themselves with the script for Rounders, then wrote the scripts for Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Thirteen and The Girlfriend Experience.
This latest update comes from The Hollywood Reporter.
Here is the official plot synopsis from the book:
'This is one hugely entertaining book. I loved every page. And I will never let Neil Strauss within fifty feet of my wife.' –A. J. Jacobs, Esquire
Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive, witty, and controversial books of the year–guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever. On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has memorable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange – and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of the year.
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The book is available on Amazon for around $20-21.
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