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Toronto is going to play itself in the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but just as exciting is the news that you'll be able to play in Toronto in the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World video game, to be developed by Ubisoft. The news has been floating around the wires since Bryan Lee O'Malley let it slip during a San Diego Comic Con panel, and Ubisoft (who only recently announced their intention to found an 800 person–strong game development studio here in Toronto) expect the game to launch roughly the same time as the film (in 2010). O'Malley himself states "no platform has been announced yet," but promises "it's being made by huge fans of the books and it's a passion project for a lot of people ... So just sit back and wait and every time they announce some information you'll be like 'OH MY GOD WOO.'" Our only hope is that it maintains all the retro-cool of the mock-up screenshots from the back of volume five...

On a Queen West location shoot for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World yesterday, this is Dave vs. Bill Taylor. Dave (no last name) doesn't think "blocker" is his official title but it's his job description. He's there, with a large black umbrella, to stop anyone taking photographs of the movie shoot that has traffic crawling along Queen Street between Spadina Avenue and Portland Street and is blocking a lane of Richmond Street with its trucks.

In a change that just might be the culprit for all the Wayfarers, Toronto's film industry is shining brighter than it has in a while. As recently reported by the Star, Filmport, the almost one-year-old megastudio—still only in its first phase of development—is all but completely booked for production on various series, pilots, and feature films, most of them funded by major American studios. Despite in-fighting between the city and its various other studio owners over municipal funding for Filmport, this work is undoubtedly welcomed by the twenty-five thousand professional crew members and ten thousand unionized actors in Toronto.

Last month, we reported that Michael Cera was signed to play the titular character in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but wondered who would be cast as Ramona Flowers, the girl of his dreams.

It was announced earlier today that Michael Cera is in final negotiations to play Scott Pilgrim in the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, the hit comic by ex-Torontonian Bryan Lee O'Malley. Not that anyone should be particularly surprised by the casting choice: Cera is pretty much Hollywood's go-to guy for likable underdog characters nowadays.