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A24 and Kojima Productions Announce Live-Action Feature of ‘Death Stranding’ Game

@kojima Productions A24 will be working with Kojima Productions in making a live-action adaptation of “Death Stranding,” the popular video game originally created by Hideo Kojima. This will be the first live-action feature from Kojima Productions. “The Death Stranding” game had been launched on PlayStation 4 in 2019. It featured an all-star cast that included…

‘The Legend of Zelda’ Video Game To Become a Live-Action Movie, Says Nintendo

Nintendo has revealed its plans to create a live-action movie based on its popular Legend of Zelda video game. Wes Ball, who had directed “The Maze Runner,” will be helming the upcoming film, to be distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which will be co-financing the project with Nintendo, according to Deadline.  Although a “The Legend…

Review: “Tetris” Has Some Trouble Clearing its Lines

To this day I can remember sitting at the school lunch table days after my birthday in 1989. It was just a few months after the launch of the Nintendo Gameboy, and I was lucky enough to get one as my big birthday present. Talking to my friends as we ate our nutritious pizza squares…

Will Elle Fanning Appear in New Hideo Kojima Game?

Is actress Elle Fanning slated to be cast in a new project by Japanese game director Hideo Kojima? That’s the tantalizing news being teased by Kojima Productions, which has a reputation for creative marketing stunts. This time, the tease came in the form of a two-part reveal at the Tokyo Games Show and the PAX…

Free Guy, When Video Games Set An Existential Example

The Twentieth Century Studios movie Free Guy, uses video games to create an existentialist parable about humans’ ability to make choices against society’s expectations. Guy is a bank employee (Ryan Reynolds) who discovers he is an NCP (non-player character) in an open world video game, who decides to become the hero of his own story…

Netflix Is Officially Getting into the Video Game Market

Back in April, we reported that Netflix was considering a future in gaming. That move has become official now with the hiring of Mike Verdu as vice president of game development, a position that will report directly to Chief Operating Officer Greg Peters, according to Bloomberg. Verdu comes to Netflix with a proven background in…

Netflix Hints at Expansion into Gaming and Moves Into Billion-Dollar Business

Executives at Netflix have indicated that the streaming giant’s future may well include more gaming, as reported by Deadline. A recent earnings call included plenty of talk about what might be in the works. online pharmacy cymbalta over the counter with best prices today in the USA Known primarily for its strong slate of movies…

Ghost of Tsushima is getting a film treatment from the director of John Wick

Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions are partnering to adapt the popular video game Ghost of Tsushima for the big screen, as reported by IGN. John Wick director Chad Stahelski is on board to bring the story of samurai warrior Jin Sakai and his fight to liberate Tsushima to cinema audiences. Alex Young and Jason Spitz…