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'Jonas Moore' becomes virtual reality


August 19, 2008 MGM Domestic Television Distribution has optioned Factory Publishing's "The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore" with an eye toward developing the online graphic novel as a possible TV series. "Jonas" -- written, produced and directed by Howard Webster -- is set in a time where the British Empire has never ended and America is just one of thousands of virtual worlds hosted on a vast global game network. "Jonas" is "an exciting digital graphic novel that's creating quite a sensation abroad," MGM worldwide TV executive vp Chris Ottinger said.

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