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Midway’s 1986 arcade hit Rampage is the latest video game license to be given the Hollywood treatment. Deadline reports that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will begin filming for the live-action film next summer after completing duties on Fast & Furious. Rampage is being made by New Line, with Beau Flynn …
Read More »Sony had plans for Super Smash Bros, Uncharted, Metal Gear and BioShock films
A fresh bout of documents obtained from the 2014 Sony Pictures hack have been released by WikiLeaks, bringing with it fresh details about Sony Pictures’ gaming movie aspirations. It had previously been reported that Sony believed it was in with a shot of securing the rights to an animated Mario …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s film in the works
The Five Nights at Freddy’s series of horror games is being made into a movie. That’s according to Hollywood Reporter, who says that Warner Bros has bought the film rights to the horror series. So far there have been three entries in developer Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights at Freddy’s series, …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid film secures screenwriter
Sony Pictures has hired screenwriter Jay Basu to pen its upcoming movie adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. Deadline has the news, with the report describing Basu as in-demand,” despite only having a few projects under his belt. Basu co-wrote Monsters: Dark Continent for Vertigo Films (currently in post-production) and was …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed film scheduled for December 2016 premiere
Production for the Assassin’s Creed movie adaptation is underway, Ubisoft has revealed. CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned the film’s status during a company earnings call that followed the posting of Ubisoft’s quarterly financial results. "We have the pleasure to announce today that the green light has been given by New Regency, …
Read More »Why a graphics specialist gave up Hollywood for games development
Karolis Mikalauskas talks us through his journey from computer animation in films to making games independently
Read More »Sega hires veteran TV producer
Sega has hired veteran television executive Evan Cholfin to lead its joint venture Stories International in development of the publisher’s IP portfolio. Variety reports Cholfin has been appointed the venture’s head of development and production, following a three-year stint as an executive at Break Media. "With his impeccable taste and …
Read More »A Tetris film is in the works
Threshold Entertainment and The Tetris Company are teaming up to make a feature length film based on the classic video game. The production company plans to turn Tetris into an "epic science fiction" movie. For those curious, Threshold was the company behind the two 1990s Mortal Kombat films. The Tetris …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed movie pushed back to 2016
Fox has delayed the movie adaptation of the Assassin’s Creed series. The big screen adaptation of the hit Ubisoft video game franchise was scheduled to hit cinemas on August 7th 2015, but Fox insiders have toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat the film will now arrive in 2016. The film, set to star …
Read More »There’s going to be a Football Manager film
Football Manager is certainly an iconic brand in the video games sector, and now the IP is about to make its cinematic debut. An Alternative Reality: The Football Manager Documentary is described by Sports Interactive as a feature length film examining the game’s impact on the beautiful game itself. It …
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