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Hollywood's Rising Fascination With Videogames

Posted by simoniker on from the sunday-morning-fragfest dept.

Thanks to the New York Times for its article (free. reg. req.) discussing the growing interaction of Hollywood directors with videogame products. The piece notes that Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson has "worked out a deal with the game maker Ubisoft and Universal Pictures, the studio that plans to release 'King Kong' next year, that will give Mr. Jackson substantial creative control over the future game", and also mentions John Woo (" now developing for Sega a video game, an idea he will own outright, about an elaborate heist", as well as his proposed Metroid movie), and Ridley Scott ("seeking a video game maker to form a partnership with him and his brother Tony") as other Hollywood creatives seeking input into games.

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  1. Just wait... by shadwwulf · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Leisure Suit Larry: The Movie will be next...

    Although I wouldn't mind Space Quest: The Movie...

    SW

  2. This is great! by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 5, Funny
    This news translates to that we'll get great games from movies like Rocky and Batman and...Enter the Matrix and... umm, er...

    Well, what I really mean is that we'll take great games and turn them into great movies like Super Mario Brothers and Tomb Raider and... and... crap. All this means is that we're really screwed now.

  3. Riviting tale about russian blocks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm still waiting for tetris, the movie.

  4. Obligatory Penny Arcade Reference by Carlos+Rodriguez · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ask and you you shall receive.