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Nintendo Eyeing the Big Screen

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-wario-and-i'm-a-gonna-win dept.

techstar25 writes "Coming soon reports that video game giant Nintendo is going to Hollywood by creating an in-house unit to develop animated features based on the numerous properties owned by the company. The plan calls for Nintendo to create a movie based on one of its own franchises for theatrical release in 2006. The original story is from Variety (reg. required)." It doesn't really say what properties to expect, but obviously it's Excite Bike.

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  1. Re:Metroid by Trigun · · Score: 5, Informative

    Coming in 2006

    No word on John Woo tho.

  2. Funny... by wobedraggled · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Washington Post just called the Gamecube obsolete. how are they gonna raise money for movies... I hate the mdia this generation of gaming, I really do. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A256 13-2004Dec1.html

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  3. Re:Metroid by MankyD · · Score: 2, Informative

    I found it: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/07/ 1417257&tid=97

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  4. Didnt they learn from Square... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    That video game movies do not work. (Huge following of people with the Final Fantasy games did not bring them to the theatres and almost bankrupted them)