Anthony Puzo, son of Mario Puzo (Author and creator of the Godfather) has sought legal action against Paramount Pictures, following accusations of holding back royalty payments in connection to the Godfather game. Apparently, a deal was made between Mario Puzo and Paramount in 1992 that the family would receive a significant share of any audio-visual …
Len Wiseman has signed on to direct ‘Gears of War’ for New Line, based on the epic Xbox exclusive video game. Wiseman will be collaborating with Chris Morgan, the writer behind ‘Wanted,’ and ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.’
Variety is reporting that Bruce Willis is in negotiations to star in video game adaptation “Kane and Lynch,” from Eidos Entertainment’s “Kane and Lynch: Dead Men.” Directing the film is Simon Crane, a second unit director and stunt coordinator with films like Hancock, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Troy, and X-Men: The Last Stand under his …
As with all video-game adaptations, I’m following this one closely. Alfred Molina has joined the ranks of Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, and Ben Kingsley in Disney’s “Prince of Persia,” an adaptation of the classic video game franchise. Molina plays Sheik Amar, a mentor to the prince (played by Jake Gyllenhaal). The film is being produced …
Rock Band is releasing MORE huge downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PS3 of its popular music game. Three tracks from Jimmy Buffett, and Disturbed. The tracks from Jimmy Buffet are “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” Margaritaville,” and “Volcano.” All three tracks were re-recorded for the game, and will be available for$1.99 each or $5.49 for …
This doesn’t help my video game adaptations need talent argument, but apparently, Brett Ratner has been expressing his interest to adapt video games to features. Ratner told Variety: “The games business is much more exciting than the movie business right now…I will be doing movies that come from videogames.” His new “Brett Ratner Brands,” business …
Capcom is looking to follow the example of Marvel Comics and turn their own properties into successful film franchises. Capcom is the publisher of Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Bionic Commando, Viewtiful Joe, Phoenix Wright, and Street Fighter. Much of their future in film adaptations relies on ‘Street Fighter,’ a joint production with Fox. ‘Street …
Microsoft is looking into expanding the size constraints of games offered through their Xbox Live Arcade service. Customers can purchase games, from remakes/reimaginings/ports of older games, to games made by Indie developers. When the service first launched, there was a size limit of 50mb, it was expanded about a year ago to 150mb, the talk …
Forever a figure seen as an enemy to the gaming community, the infamous Jack Thompson was found ‘Guilty’ on 27 counts, including, “knowingly making a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal.” Thompson, who for years went after companies like Rockstar and Take-Two for violence in their video games, went before a …
Coming to you from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and director Mike Newell is your latest video game adaptation, ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast in the title role, Dastan, a young prince joins forcest with Tamina, an exotic princess, to prevent a villain from possessing the Sands of Time. The …