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The Uncharted film adaptation is going back to the drawing board in more ways than one. Variety reports Marianne and Cormac Wibberley will be rewriting the script of ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.’ The two co-wrote Disney’s ‘National Treasure.’ The report adds Neil Burger is no longer onboard as director. The producers …
Read More »DotA 2 documentary unveiled as Valve’s movie project
Valve has confirmed previous reports and teases that the company is in production on a gaming-related film, unveiling a documentary focused on pro circuit players competing in the annual Dota 2 tournament The International. Gabe Newell revealed that his company is producing the film on GTTV late last week, providing …
Read More »Valve registers Gamer Life: The Movie domains, reveal may be incoming
Valve appears to be prepping an announcement for an esports focused film documentary—an announcement that could very well arrive in the next 24 hours. LamdaGeneration reports that back in July the company registered two domain names for ‘gamerlifemovie.com’ and ‘gamerlifethemovie.com,’ with both domains receiving an update last week. It was …
Read More »Games industry luminaries to feature in new documentary
Critical Path documentary project reveals archive of developer interview clips
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Read More »God of War film shows signs of life
The God of War film, announced originally way back in 2005, appears to be back on track. Universal Studios today announced via the Hollywood Reporter that Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan will be rewriting the movie’s script. The script was originally written by executive producer David Self. Melton and Dunstan …
Read More »CBS grabs Deus Ex film rights
A movie version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution is on the way after CBS successfully won the film rights from Square Enix. Variety reports that CBS will work directly with Human Revolution developer Eidos Montreal on the project. Adrian Askarieh will produce. His previous credits and current projects include fellow …
Read More »Michael Fassbender to co-produce and star-in Assassin’s Creed film
X-Men and Prometheus star Michael Fassbender is to both co-produce and star in the first movie adaptation of Assassin’s Creed. Variety reports that the Hollywood favourite, whose film credits include Shame and Haywire, will work in tandem with Conor McCaughan. The plot of the film is said to revolve around …
Read More »EA sells Need for Speed film rights to Dreamworks
Dreamworks has acquired the rights to a Need for Speed film from publisher EA. And it seems as if all the pieces are already in place. Brothers George and John Gatins have developed an original story and screenplay which is based on the entirety of the IP rather than a …
Read More »Ubisoft registers domains for Watch Dogs film
Ubisoft is apparently prepping for big things regarding their new IP Watch Dogs. The game wowed at E3 earlier this month, and now Fusible reports the publisher has registered several domains indicating a Watch Dogs movie may be in the works. The domains include: WatchDogsmovie.com, WatchDogsthemovie.com, Watch-Dogsmovie.com, and Watch-Dogsthemovie.com. No …
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