Making Indie Game: The Movie
James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot on the creation of their documentary about Super Meat Boy and Fez, which launches today.
4James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot on the creation of their documentary about Super Meat Boy and Fez, which launches today.
4Star-studded trailer features Bowser, Robotnik, Chun-li, Q*bert, Blinky and more.
The film, directed by Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky, focuses on Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid; Phil Fish, designer of Fez; and Tommy Refenes and Edmund McMillen, the men behind Super Meat Boy. More >
Sony has signed Chronicle director Josh Trank to develop and direct a movie adaptation of Team Ico's austere PS2 masterpiece, Shadow Of The Colossus. There's currently no writer attached to the project, though Trank and producer Kevin Misher are actively looking for the right person. More >
1American film studio New Line Cinema is working on an big-screen adaptation of Midway's 1986 arcade classic, Rampage. As reported by Variety, the studio has signed writer Ryan Engle (who previously wrote and directed East Of West) and producer John Rickard, whose co-production credits include Nightmare On Elm Street and Final Destination 5. More >
Fresnadillo is the second director to leave the project following original director Gore Verbinski's exit. More >
A particularly brutal set piece from The Raid: Redemption - a film about a SWAT team that becomes trapped in a derelict tower block run by a mobster and crawling with his soldiers - has been turned into a free Unity game by a group of fans. More >
Publisher showed early interest in adapting Suda 51's next game for the big screen, writer reveals.
2Originally announced last August at the company's D23 convention, the film follows the titular Wreck-It Ralph (voiced by John C Reilly) as he becomes tired with destroying buildings in his 8-bit arcade game only for Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer) to clean up the mess and take all the glory. When a modern first-person shooter (Hero's Duty) is installed in the arcade, he spots an opportunity to become the hero and escapes his dated enclosure via the power lead. Of course, calamity ensues and Ralph has to team up with a character from a racing game (played by comedian Sarah Silverman) to save the arcade before it closes down. More >
Following its debut at the Sundance film festival on the weekend, US TV network HBO has bought the rights to Indie Game: The Movie. [Initial reports](http://m.deadline.com/2012/01/sundance-hbo-and-scott-rudin-to-turn-docu-indie-game-into-series/) suggested that the documentary, which follows several high-profile indie developers, was going into development as a fictional comedy series, a remarkable turn for a serious-minded film that caused widespread confusion in gaming circles. More >
360 has finally become a media box as well as a games console - a full report on Microsoft's third dashboard refresh.
2Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary about independent videogame development, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The film, which features Super Meat Boy creators Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, Fez developer Phil Fish, and Braid creator Jonathan Blow, has been named an official selection in the World Documentary category at the annual celebration of independent filmmaking. More >
Sony Pictures is said to be on the verge of finalising a deal with Ubisoft that will see it bring the Assassin's Creed franchise to the big screen. More >
Plus, Mike Wilson stars in a stoner comedy movie, and flying drones with a 360 pad.
8Warner Bros has announced plans to launch a new Mortal Kombat film in 2013, potentially alongside a tenth game in the long-running fighting franchise. More >
1Plus 25 'classic' game magazine covers and the Angry Birds theme park.
Film studio Lionsgate has optioned the rights to create a movie based on Deep Silver's zombie action RPG Dead Island, with the game’s award-winning announcement trailer set to "serve as its primary creative inspiration”. More >
She does "great grunting", first 3D film was made in 1972.
War gaming, wedding proposals, escaping from City 17 and Aperture Science, and Escape.
1Replacement Uncharted movie director Neil Burger has revealed that he is going back to Naughty Dog's adventure series for inspiration. Burger, who directed The Limitless and Illusionist, took up the reins following original director David O. Russells' exit. Burger has discarded Russell's plans to cast Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake at the head of a family of antique traders, stressing that the game is a rich source of ideas as it stands. "Mainly we're beginning from scratch and going back to the video game," Burger told Crave Online. "Because there's a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame, if you know it… It's really one of the most cinematic video games, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there's a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film's story, I want to use them." The news will come as a relief to Uncharted fans hoping for a more authentic experience at the cinema.
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