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Wiseman to Grind the Gears of War

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Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) looks to be the director of New Line Cinema’s Gears of War. The Epic Games’ hit has been in development for some time now and the trades today report that Chris Morgan (Wanted) is working a new draft of the script. At first, it appeared headed for a… [Continue Reading]

Sega Delays Aliens: Colonial Marines to 2009

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Sega’s eagerly anticipated Aliens: Colonial Marines video game has been delayed from late 2008 into the first quarter of 2009. The first person shooter game boasts a story written by Battlestar Galactica’s Bradley Thompson and David Weddle and is set to occur immediately after events of Alien 3. The player becomes a new character, a… [Continue Reading]

Dracula vs. King Arthur Becomes RPG

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There’s something about swords and vampires, we guess. The other day we were talking about Universal’s forthcoming movie about vampires during the crusades. Now have word that Tony DiGerolamo is adapting Silent Devil’s Dracula vs. King Arthur graphic novel into a role playing game. Entitled Vampires vs. Knights, the game is using the tried and… [Continue Reading]

Doom 4 on the Horizon

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Id Software has confirmed they are at work on Doom 4. CEO Todd Hollenshead told Shack News that the franchise is heading for a shoot ‘em up on Earth this time around.  With Doom 3 retelling the original’s story, this sounds like a remake of Doom 2, which may or may not be a good… [Continue Reading]

Zero-G Jumps to the Screen

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The forthcoming Zero-G video game has already been picked up for a feature film. 20th Century Fox will turn the story of an American city destroyed by a new super-weapon into a feature and maybe a series of films. The game was created by Daniel Jevons and will be produced by Union Entertainment. This is… [Continue Reading]

Terror Tidbits

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Three Days in Europe, a graphic novel by Antony Johnston and published by Oni Press, has been picked up for a feature film with Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and Jennifer Garner (Alias) set to star. James Gunn (Slither) has been announced as one of the first people to create live action content for the X-Box. G4… [Continue Reading]

Has HALO Found its Script Chief?

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Stuart Beattie (G.I. Joe) thinks he has the right battle plan for Master Chief and Halo to make its way from X-Box to big screen. The best selling video game has already been through three different screenwriter, none of whom have mastered the project. Beattie is going backward, adapting Fall of Reach, the prequel novel… [Continue Reading]

Gears of War goes from Console to Screen

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Gears of War is the next video game to try its hand at moving from console to movie screen. The film is being produced by Wyck Godfrey (Eragon). He said a script from Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean) is complete and a director will be announced soon. At its earliest, the feature will be… [Continue Reading]

Paramount adds Video Games

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Paramount Pictures announced this week plans to become a videogame publisher with an expanded interactive department team. They’re putting up some or all of the money for the new venture which will plunder its library of properties and in development features. The announcement indicated they will work on a variety of platforms including handheld and… [Continue Reading]

Video Game Notes

Electronic Arts has partnered with Starz Media to adapt Dead Space into a feature film. Having already taken the story to comics and video games, the film is the final frontier. The comic filled in the story of what happened to the mining ship while in space. The video game then had a character come… [Continue Reading]

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