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300 Director's EA Games Could Become Movies
Posted by Brian Crecente at 11:00 PM on September 29, 2008
Following Variety's story early this morning that Zack Snyder, the man behind such films as The Dawn of the Dead and 300, has signed a deal with EA to make three games, comes the official announcement.
Filmmaker Snyder, whose latest project is the movie adaptation of Watchmen, will be working with EA Los Angeles, the same studio which worked with Steven Spielberg on Boom Blox. Under the agreement with Cruel & Unusual Film, EA will own the rights to the games which they will develop, publish and distribute worldwide. EA and Snyder will also work to "extend the game franchises into theatrical motion pictures."
"I think video games are cool because they offer an opportunity to tell a story in an entirely unique way, said Zack Snyder. "Being a long time fan of the games EA creates, I look forward to collaborating with them."
Frank Gibeau, President of EA Games Label said, "Zack Snyder has a fresh and bold creative style that resonates with our core audience. Zack is the perfect partner for joining us in creating powerful new interactive fiction."
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RET_Ghost
Posted 11:40 PM 29/9/08
@Brian Crecente: My mistake, sorry bout that
RET_Ghost
Brian Crecente
Posted 11:34 PM 29/9/08
@RET_Ghost: Did you bother to read the second? It's actually different. Has quotes, new information, links to the first article.
Brian Crecente
fizzy742
Posted 11:18 PM 29/9/08
I may be crazy, but I think this will work. Not only does the man make movies that scream "make a videogame out of me" but a videogame made with a movie in mind will probably result in a good movie, if not game.
fizzy742
Quazimojo
Posted 11:16 PM 29/9/08
meant as successful as the film was doh!@!
Quazimojo
RET_Ghost
Posted 11:16 PM 29/9/08
wow, the two articles are even on the same page...
RET_Ghost
Quazimojo
Posted 11:16 PM 29/9/08
ive always wondered as successful as the file was why there never was a 300 game for the next gen systems ? . i know there was a psp game but it was for the most part a turd .
Quazimojo
JakeDunn
Posted 11:10 PM 29/9/08
deja vu
JakeDunn
Rakkoon
Posted 12:00 AM 30/9/08
Said Zack Snyder [while wiping a brown substance from his nose with a $100 bill] "Being a long time fan of the games EA creates, I look forward to collaborating with them."
Rakkoon
AvidAbey
Posted 11:52 PM 29/9/08
Doesn't this just sound like a spectacular idea? An idea doomed to fail spectacularly, that is, but spectacular nonetheless.
EA's brand-rebuilding strategy has just hit a bump in the road.
AvidAbey
ObtuseGoose
Posted 12:28 AM 30/9/08
I just can't get past that tacky "Deborah" tattoo down his forearm. You're a pretty boy who's straight... we get it. That's why you made a movie with 300 oiled-down muscle men. Got it.
Unless he's going to repackage Ico or Shadow of the Colossus, I foresee "epic fail" in the future.
ObtuseGoose
GrandfatherParadox
Posted 12:45 AM 30/9/08
No doubt they'll be derivative, as the man seems incapable of creating anything of his own.
GrandfatherParadox
macr0planet
Posted 12:44 AM 30/9/08
Oh boy, EA is going to make movie games, wow I can't believe the amazement...oh wow, yay
/sarcasm
Although I will say Dead Space and Mirrors Edge might rock.
macr0planet
F22
Posted 12:33 AM 30/9/08
with his sorry-ass gangsta tattoo. moron
F22
futurebiblehero
Posted 1:25 AM 30/9/08
One gets the feeling that from watching a Zack Snyder movie, he wishes he were Hideo Kojima and vice versa. I enjoy the work of both, but I can't say I didn't see this coming. 300 was more of a video game than Tron was.
futurebiblehero
Daisuash
Posted 1:18 AM 30/9/08
Good news, Snyder is an expert in creating stunning visuals and several kinds of emotions that would feel perfect in a videogame, his only flaw is that he usually lacks the ability to make you care about the actors in his movies, just as 90% of the videogames out there; So he should be alright...
Daisuash
Schoolimangooli's backpack turns into a ham sandwich!
Posted 1:02 AM 30/9/08
What ever he's going to direct... half of it is going to be in slow motion.
Schoolimangooli's backpack turns into a ham sandwich!
Razgriz1
Posted 12:59 AM 30/9/08
Does this mean EA will begin making yearly Madden movies?
Razgriz1
Pwnieboy
Posted 2:34 AM 30/9/08
With the quality of his movies he should have started in games. 300 was a turd, a well polished turd, but a turd none the less.
I see epic fail in his future.
Pwnieboy
Tull
Posted 2:59 AM 30/9/08
Shame Dead Rising is not being made by EA. Snyder + zombie games = must get and play.
Tull
TheNexusRebound
Posted 3:23 AM 30/9/08
I wish Zack would redo Resident Evil since he a fantastic job with Dawn of the Dead. Perhaps he could work on Dead Space.
TheNexusRebound
Jellocakes
Posted 3:19 AM 30/9/08
I didnt think much of 300 but I thought his The Dawn of the Dead was a great zombie flick, a lots riding on Watchmen as well so could be promising.
Jellocakes
vonfaustus
Posted 3:43 AM 30/9/08
I don't get it. No offense but why create an article to link to another article on the same site saying the same thing?
vonfaustus
Ra is on House
Posted 4:23 AM 30/9/08
@Pwnieboy: I agree. The video game doesnt need a boring but pretty game. We have enough of those.
Ra is on House
Boneyard
Posted 4:19 AM 30/9/08
What will he make for his first game? A Tetris or a Puzzle quest clone?
Actually, this is good news... for EA. If I had the money and inclination to do something like this, I'd tap Synder for content too. It's a smart move to impress anyone not in video games.
It's just a shame that the Video Game Industry (or VGI for short) can't realize that it already has its Spielbergs and Synders and shouldn't have to go to Hollywood for "good ideas."
Boneyard
YorickB
Posted 4:43 AM 30/9/08
Seriously, when I first saw that pic my initial thought was "Man, he must be a huge Star Wars nerd to have Dagobah tatooed on his arm."
YorickB
boopadoo
Posted 5:37 AM 30/9/08
What a bastard. A guy that uses comics as storyboards gets a THREE GAME deal?! EA, do you know how many developers you just gave the finger to?
Don't answer that...
boopadoo
baccardi84
Posted 6:08 AM 30/9/08
oh look a bunch of haters. what a suprise
baccardi84
R.C.Collins
Posted 8:19 AM 30/9/08
That man doesn't look like George Romero to me. I believe the douche bag in the photo is actually the man who dropped that turd on us know to most as the Dawn of the Dead remake.
R.C.Collins
DespisedMC
Posted 8:12 AM 30/9/08
well game are like movies...look at half life 2, halo, and others(too lazy to name all) but having a director make games is not really that weird and it mite make games alot better
DespisedMC
ZetaCrossfire
Posted 8:02 AM 30/9/08
if anyone could make a good video game movie its this guy.
ZetaCrossfire
Karl Marx Vladimirs Linens
Posted 8:39 AM 30/9/08
You've played the Boom Blox, the game by visionary director Stephen Speilberg, director of Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. Now play Slow Motion F X by Zack Synder! He made...ummm...300 and that poor Dawn of the Dead remake. We promise you it will totally rock like all of EA's games!
Karl Marx Vladimirs Linens
3lias
Posted 11:24 PM 29/9/08
the two articles aren't the same,one is about him signing up with EA the other is about him making the games made with EA into new movies,kotaku may double post in the while but you're really just trying to troll now...
3lias
joeloliol
Posted 4:14 PM 30/9/08
they should focus on making good games that do well before they start thinking of movies based on the games.
joeloliol
Cavefish
Posted 5:18 PM 30/9/08
New people and ideas being brought to ye olde gaming world.
I can't at all see how this is a bad thing. If the games suck you can just avoid them.
It's impossible not to win, yet: whiiiiiiine.
... I can't entirely make his tattoo out. DE**RAH. Debrah?
Cavefish
YorickB
Posted 6:12 AM 1/10/08
@R.C.Collins: I say Boo-urns to you sir. As far as remakes go, that one was well above average. I'm not the only one who thinks so either.
YorickB