Hollywood Courting the Gaming Industry

beatleadam writes "In a trend that we all seem to already be hyper-aware of... 'The video game industry was once an afterthought in Hollywood, at most an ancillary source of revenue like action figures. The people passionately developing the computer-based form of entertainment were seen as dorks compared with the celebrities. Not anymore. Now that games have matured into a $11 billion business, topping movie box-office sales and siphoning television viewers, the lucrative and increasingly influential genre has attracted more star power than ever.'" We did another story about this a month ago.

zork?

[justforaday]

when are they gonna make a movie based on zork? and i'm not talking fancy graphics or effects or anything. i wanna see huge text printed up on screen for two hours...

"and siphoning television viewers"

[Black Parrot]

Sounds like a threat to our precious bodily fluids!

Thank God...

[darth_MALL]

Now Bruce Campbell and Mark Hamill will get the recognition they sorely deserve.

Hey,

[xenostar]

as long as they don't have games starring Bette Midler and/or Whopie Goldberg, i'm fine with that.

Yes!!! Leisure Suit Larry...

[FerretFrottage]

coming (naughty, don't go there) to a theater near you, staring Pee-Wee Herman has LSL

Sounds about right

[Vinnie_333]

The "Van Helsing", "Spider Man", and "X-Men" video games are weak, and get horrible reviews

So, they followed the movies pretty closely then, you say!

Does this mean we'll get to see

[Anonymous Coward]

Counter-Strike: The Motion Picture?

Of course if they play the movie too loud in the theater the next movie over will accuse it of wallhacking.

Re:Oh dear god...

[WormholeFiend]

"Why doesn't Disney just fund companies like id or epic games so they can have more developers who can turn around games quicker, create better engines, etc"

Good idea! Just like Vivendi did with Valve...

If they write it, I will play

[gmkeegan]

If EA, ID, or anyone ever publishes a Pulp Fiction game, I'm in!!!

"If I'm curt with you, it's because time is a factor here. I think fast, I talk fast, and I need you guys to act fast if you want to get out of this. So, pretty please - with sugar on top... clean the f***in' car." The Wolf

Re:Does this mean we'll get to see

[MBCook]

That's just what people want to see. Some idiot camping for 2 hours in a corner. Where's the action? The drama? The suspense?

I'm hoppin' for "Frogger: The Musical"!

(man I hope no Hollywood exec reads this. I was kidding, OK. KIDDING!)

Re:If they write it, I will play

[borkus]

Or better still, the My Dinner with Andre [imdb.com] game -

"Dude, my introspection dominates your glib anecdotes!"

You bastard

[gclef]

once I read that, this whole damn thing sprang up:

Act 1: The highway.

Scene 1: Intro
into musical number: Hoppin into history

Scene 2: The side of the road
musical number: where is my lovely lass?

Scene 3: a sighting of the lovely lass across the way.

Scene 4: our hero decides to cross the road

Scene 5: musical number: dodgin' cars!

Act 2: The Median

Scene 1: Our hero rests, and swears to never drive again.

Scene 2: We meet the snake (musical number: I ssseee you!)

Scene 3: We look over the river: the lovely lass is moving.

Act 3: The River

Scene 1: Our hero meets a turtle (musical number: take a ride on me)

Scene 2: Our hero rides a log (musical number: Logs ain't so bad...)

Scene 3: The Log Sinks!

Scene 4: Our hero meets his lovely lass. (musical number: You're better than a fly!)

Curtain.

It almost writes itself.

I can't wait for...

[scoser]

'Manos' the Hands of Fate: The Search for Master to come out on Xbox and PC later this year.

Re:Yes!!! Leisure Suit Larry...

[HungWeiLo]

I've always pictured Woody Allen as Leisure Suit Larry, 70 years old or not.