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‘Expendables’ Game Is Retro ‘Contra’ for Free

Lionsgate has released a free to play video game adaptation of the upcoming muscle-hero mash-up action film The Expendables – in retro 8-bit.

Jul 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
BioShock Will Be An Expensive Rated-R Movie

Gore Verbinski provides updates on the BioShock movie, its ‘hard’ R-rating and budgetary concerns.

Jul 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

Legendary Pictures Options Film Rights to Mass Effect

Way back in September of 2008, Avi Arad, ex-CEO of Marvel studios, optioned the movie rights to the 2007 hit game Mass Effect. Being one …

May 24, 2010 | 11 Comments
Feature-length ‘Pixels’ to Become a Reality?

Remember that awesome short ‘Pixels’? Well, it looks like a feature-length version may become a reality.

May 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

Red Faction Movie in the Works

THQ is banking a lot of green on the idea that game players and moviegoers can’t get enough red.
Red Faction that is.
Speaking with CVG, THQ …

Apr 5, 2010 | 3 Comments
Matthew Fox Confirmed for Mass Effect Film

A trusted Screen Rant source gave Game Rant the exclusive tip – Matthew Fox is in the latter stages of talks for the role of …

Apr 1, 2010 | 16 Comments

Resident Evil: Afterlife Stills Look Like RE5!

From Screen Rant:
The first official images for Resident Evil: Afterlife have premiered online and if you’re a fan of the franchise, you’ll be …

Apr 1, 2010 | 5 Comments
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Reveal

In the wake of Spider-Man 4 getting canned and replaced by a 3D lower budget reboot film to be directed by Marc Webb (ya, his …

Mar 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Photos & Video From Tekken Movie

It’s a sad trend in the film industry to see our beloved video game franchises become such terrible movies over and over again. This is …

Feb 17, 2010 | 3 Comments
Mortal Kombat Reboot Meets Legal Issues

Last summer, Screen Rant reported on news that a Mortal Kombat 3 movie may start production later that summer. The rumor originated from Chris Casamassa, …

Feb 17, 2010 | 5 Comments

Mini-Series Format Better For Future Video Game Adaptations?

With all of the bad video game movies trying to destroy the genre, I started to wonder where could a good, if not excellent, video game adaptation could come from and it lead me to one form; the mini series.

Feb 3, 2010 | 9 Comments
Rising Interest for ‘Mass Effect’ Movie

With one of this year’s biggest video game releases in Mass Effect 2 finally debuting today to amazing reviews and fan reception, there’s no doubt a burning interest for getting a feature film made from this property as soon as possible.

Jan 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Ubisoft Out Of The Movie Game Business

After the release of the critically panned Avatar: The Game, Ubisoft has made the decision to not spend as much money on licensed products. Ubisoft …

Jan 23, 2010 | 18 Comments
World of Warcraft Film Still Early in Development

Those waiting with baited breath for Sam Raimi’s World of Warcraft movie better go ahead and exhale, because, according to executive producer Robert Tapert, the picture is still deep in the developmental stage.

Jan 19, 2010 | 5 Comments

Tekken Movie Trailer: Better/Worse Than Chun Li’s Street Fighter?

If you haven’t heard, there’s another crappy video game movie adaptation coming, this time set to damage the Tekken franchise.
The official trailer for this film …

Jan 17, 2010 | 11 Comments
No Metal Gear Movie Anytime Soon

Steve at Collider interviewed Mike De Luca last week and in their hour-long conversation they touched on the subject of the Metal Gear Solid movie. …

Jan 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

This is it! For The PS3 (No, Really)

Sony Computer Entertainment has bundled a Blu-Ray version of the recent film ‘This is it’ with the new 120 Gig PS3 and put it on …

Jan 6, 2010 | 6 Comments
Sony Puts Unreleased Movie on PS3 for Free

If you’re up on the movie scene, you’ll know Armored was recently released in theaters. You’ll also know that it will be months before the …

Jan 2, 2010 | 3 Comments

Video Games: The Cinematic Experience

With the 2009 coming to its end, I’ve been incredibly impressed with how the games released this year presented cinematic experiences that feel so organic, …

Dec 23, 2009 | 14 Comments
The Story For Gears of War Movie

We’ve not heard too much about the anticipated live-action adaptation of the Gears of War franchise, but way back in February Screen Rant reported that …

Dec 8, 2009 | 15 Comments

Uncharted Movie Finds New Writers

Back in June, Screen Rant reported that an adaptation of the successful and awesome Sony PS3 exclusive game, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was underway and that …

Nov 23, 2009 | 10 Comments
Brad Pitt Making & Starring in ‘Dark Void’ Movie

Dark Void is a yet-to-be-released sci-fi shooter coming from Capcom and it’s already getting a movie made. The game is developed by Airtight games and …

Nov 20, 2009 | 5 Comments

MW2 Success Pushing Call of Duty Movie Forward?

One of the many actors on my list of favorites is Kevin McKidd, most known for his role as Lucius Vorenus in the awesome but …

Nov 19, 2009 | 9 Comments
Far Cry: The Movie

I know what’s up. You are just like me. You are sitting there on your couch flipping channels thinking to yourself, “Man, when are we …

Nov 18, 2009 | 10 Comments

First Twilight Video Game Announced

It’s probably overdue (it was certainly expected by now), but the first of predictably veritable army of games based on the Twilight Saga has been …

Nov 18, 2009 | 7 Comments
Kane & Lynch Sequel Announced

They’re back! Series creators IO Interactive are developing Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days and it’s set for release next year on PC, PS3 and …

Nov 18, 2009 | 5 Comments

Paul W.S. Anderson Eyes Castlevania (Again)

I can think of no other video game franchise that I am bigger fan of then the Konami classic Castlevania. So naturally you would expect …

Nov 17, 2009 | 2 Comments