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Hollywood’s Halo movie project may be continuing to stumble, but those wishing for a taste of what might yet be will want to check out FX channel tonight for the first UK TV airing of Microsoft’s Halo 3 ODST mini-movie tonight. The footage has been causing ripples on the internet …
Read More »Gearbox offloading Heat IP
Gearbox Software has revealed that it may sell to other studios the right to develop a game based on the 1995 Michael Mann film Heat. The ten year-old Texan developer, currently at the closing stages of the Borderlands project, said it didn’t have the time resources to work on a …
Read More »Sam Raimi directing WoW movie
The long-rumoured World of Warcraft movie is real – and furthermore, developer Blizzard and co-producers Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros have hired the services of Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. Charles Roven, the producer behind cinema blockbuster The Dark Knight and sci-fi classic Twelve Monkeys, will also be …
Read More »Film-to-game schedules a â??big problemâ?? for developers
Approval processes for franchise-based games limit necessary development time, say Rebellion's co-founders
Read More »Gizmondo: The Film
We’re still waiting for Carl Freer’s delayed re-launch of cult handheld device Gizmondo, but fans of the portable can take cheer in news that the now legendary saga behind the machine is set to hit the big screen. Hollywood Reporter claims that Contrafilm has agreed a deal with writer-director Craig …
Read More »‘The gap between game and film tech is rapidly closing’
Ex-Pixar man on the convergence of creating for console and celluloid
Read More »Games to overtake music and film by year end
A new report from market analysts Verdict Research has forecast that gaming is on track to overtake both music and film to become the UK’s number one entertainment choice by the end of the year. The BBC reports that spending on gaming will rise by 42 per cent to reach …
Read More »Duke Nukem movie shooting up Hollywood
Scott Faye, the producer of the soon-to-be-released Hollywood version of Take 2’s slow-mo shooter Max Payne, has revealed that he’s currently working with 3D Realms on a cinema outing for no-nonsense action hero Duke Nukem. Kotaku quotes Faye as stating: I’m working diligently at making a Duke Nukem movie scenario …
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