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Movie generates $70m domestically and another $43m across the rest of the world

Activision Blizzard is apparently looking to ape the success of Marvel in its effort to bring video games series Call of Duty to cinema screens. Activision Blizzard Studios co-presidents Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk described the strategy as a multi-layered, interconnected approach” in an interview with The Guardian. The …

The worlds of Hollywood and eSports are to collide in a new comedy starring Will Ferrell. Legendary has confirmed an untiled movie based around the joke that Ferrell, who is 49, feels like an old man in a sector that is dominated by youngsters. The studio describes his character as …

If Bloodrayne, Doom and Rampage can get the movie treatment, then why should Altered Beast not, we suppose? Sega’s film arm has teamed up with Stories International, Circles of Confusion and the executive producers behind the successful Walking Dead series to produce what are described as filmed entertainment adaptions” of …

It doesn’t sound as if Bethesda will be following the likes of Ubisoft, Activision and Sony into the movie sector. Speaking to Finder, Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP Pete Hines was asked about the possibility of turning IP such as Elder Scrolls, Fallout or Dishonored into motion pictures. We get …

Pokemon has within the space of a week become one of the hottest properties on the planet. So it shouldn’t come as a massive surprise to hear that film studios are among the many businesses looking at the colossal success of Pokemon Go and wondering how that could work for …

Former Sony London Studios VR developer Dave Ranyard discusses how virtual reality could see the worlds of film and video games unite. For years now we have seen games and movies do a merry dance together but never really meet up. Sure there have been games made of movies and …

The new Warcraft movie may have bothered critics and got off to a weak start in the US, but in China it’s off to a flyer. Eurogamer reports that the Duncan Jones directed flick made $47m in its first day alone in China. This compares to the $22-24 it’s on …

Mario and Link could be making their way to a big screen near you as early as 2018. Nintendo Life reports that Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has said in a Japanese interview that while the company is still at an early stage in the process, and that no plans have …

Movies based on brands such as Zelda and Mario could become a reality in the near future. Rumours of growing film aspirations within the walls of Nintendo have been gaining momentum for some time, and now development boss Shigeru Miyamoto has said that Nintendo movies could very much feature in …