News on the street is that Sucker Punch’s popular videogame inFAMOUS is heading to the big screen.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Sheldon Turner (he who wrote the screenplay for The Longest Yard remake and co-wrote Up in the Air) approached Sony Pictures with a plan to turn the videogame into a feature film, a deal reportedly worth seven figures. The studio’s sister company Sony Computer Entertainment published the game and the studio is said to be negotiating a deal for the rights to the game.

Avi Arad and Ari Arad will handle production duties (executive producers on The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man). Avi Arad is no stranger to videogame to movie adaptations, currently in charge of production of the adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

“What excited me most about the game was it was the first of which I’ve come across that had a big idea and a character arc,” Turner said. “It is, I believe, the future of gaming. The game, while big and fun, is at its core a love ballad to the underachiever, which is what our hero, Cole McGrath, is.”

inFAMOUS launched exclusively for the PS3 in March and centers on Cole MacGrath, a bike messenger who finds himself with electricity-derived super powers after an explosion destroys part of Empire City. Players must now decide whether to use these powers for good or evil. You can find out more about the game in El33tonline’s review of inFAMOUS.