Senator Entertainment has picked up from The Weinstein Company’s production scrap heap, Clock Tower. The horror film, based on the video game of the same name, was optioned some time back and has languished ever since. It will be directed by Martin Weisz (The Hills Have Eyes 2) from Eric Poppen’s (Borderland) script. Word is… [Continue Reading]
Zero-G Jumps to the Screen

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

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]
Who will play the Prince of Persia?

Rumors continue to swirl about who will play the dashing and handsome title character in the video game-to-film adaptation of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. No sooner did reports of Orlando Bloom getting the part come and go than Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac) was thought to be playing Dastan. The game and film’s story tells… [Continue Reading]
Has HALO Found its Script Chief?

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

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

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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