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Lakeshore Entertainment with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the creators of Crank (2006), produced a "high-concept futuristic thriller" called Gamer, a science fiction movie.

Starring: Gerard Butler as Kable, the highest-ranked warrior in the game "Slayers", Logan Lerman as Simon, who controls Kable, Michael C. Hall as Ken Castle, Milo Ventimiglia as Rick Rape, described as "Moonraker, silver grill, with a latex outfit making him look like a bumblebee.

Gamer, set in a near future when gaming and entertainment have evolved into a terrifying new hybrid. Humans control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online games: people play ...for keeps. Mind -control technology is widespread, and at the heart of the controversial games is its creator, reclusive billionaire Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall). His latest brainchild, the first-person shooter game "Slayers," allows millions to act out their most savage fantasies online in front of a qudience, using real prisoners as avatars with whom they fight to the death Kable (300's Gerard Butler) is the superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent "Slayers." Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all adds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, the modern day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game to free his family, regain his identity and to save mankind from Castle's ruthless technology.

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