Interview With Entropia Universe's Most Famous Player Jon Neverdie Jacobs Talking About Rocktropia
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- Jon Jacobs (born 10 September 1966 in Derbyshire, England) is an English actor, entrepreneur, director, producer, writer, and creator of the avatar Neverdie from the virtual world Entropia Universe that Reuters described as "a legendary adventurer, celebrity, and fabulously wealthy entrepreneur in the online world of Entropia". The Associated Press described Neverdie as an "Internet icon".
As a film actor, director, and producer, Jacobs is best known for films such as The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Lucinda's Spell, Charlotte Sometimes, Hey DJ, and RevoLOUtion.
In 2005, Jacobs mortgaged his home to buy a virtual asteroid for US$100,000, being the most valuable virtual item ever sold at that time. Jacobs claims that he received an offer to sell the asteroid for US$200,000 the following day, but he refused. The asteroid space resort was named Club Neverdie after its owner's avatar name. In 2010 Jon Jacobs sold the Asteroid Space Resort to various other Entropia Universe participants for a total of US$635,000.
In 2008, Jacobs founded NEVERDIE Studios to create entertainment-driven virtual worlds on the Entropia Platform. Planets produced by NEVERDIE Studios have included Rocktropia and Next Island.
In 2011, NEVERDIE Studios started working with Universal Pictures; the first title to launch was Hunt The Thing, a film-length MMO inspired by both John Carpenter's 1982 version of The Thing and the 2011 prequel.
In 2015 NEVERDIE Studios announced the launch of a new virtual King Kong trilogy in collaboration with Universal Licensing and Partnerships, set in the ROCKtropia virtual world and based on the 2005 film King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson. The first title in the trilogy, Zombie King, features the tagline "King Kong is Back! ...From the Dead!"
On 27 March 2016, Jon Jacobs became the "First President of Virtual Reality". He proclaimed himself to be a democratic capitalist and pledged to create a billion jobs in virtual reality.
In April 2016 Jon Jacobs revealed his plan to create three million jobs in virtual reality by 2030 through the privatization of teleportation, the primary public transport system in the MMO Entropia Universe.
In 2019 Jacobs acted in the role of Walt Warshaw in the psychological thriller Lost Angelas.[28] Jacobs won the Outstanding Performance Award at Method Fest Independent Film Festival in Beverly Hills alongside Ethan Hawke who tied for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor winner Edward James Olmos.
In 2023 Jon Jacobs won the prestigious "Seymour Cassel Award for Best Actor" at the Oldenburg International Film Festival for his Portrayal of legendary indie film producer Cassian Elwes in Elwes' directorial debut Passenger C[
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Such a good interview, good seeing neverdie in the game.
Neverdie movie... cool stuff! I own a stall in Hell and the Market at Playa del Harlem. I want in!
Lores your need a otterbox on that phone bro. its killing me xD
mels ben spreding this in entropira today
thanks
Waiting on Stevie B to say! Watch out for another MA cashgrab! RockTropia shares beware (then he goes and buys them all)
yeah but this isnt a MA cash grab. its mostly Neverdie and maybe a few other people, the stakeholders. this is going to be the most interesting sale of shares ever.
MA don't want Rock to take over Caly or be too close to second place lol but now they can with their earnings.
Ha Ha you got a "Star" no your show!
my vision is not the best. For me, the text is too small.
sorry :(