Sony's Landau: 300 The 'First Video Game Movie Translation'

**MIG-31** · Dec 28, 2007, 08:32 AM

Source: Gamesutra
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As part of an in-depth Gamasutra interview with Sony Pictures Digital's Yair Landau posted today, the exec has been suggesting that the film 300 is closest to being the first truly successful video game-styled movie, despite not being based on a game.

Sony Pictures Digital's Landau oversees both Sony Pictures Animation (Surf's Up) and Sony Online Entertainment (EverQuest), and talks to Gamasutra about how convergence is significantly affecting the bond between Hollywood and the game industry, from 300 to The Agency.

OmegaRED · Dec 28, 2007, 04:08 PM

I don't like the sound of that at all. "Video game experience" really means eye candy and violence instead of good plot and characters. Isn't there enough terrible movies by accident that we don't need studios purposely making "video gamish" movies not based on games?

I hope this is just the usual Sony tactic in trying to spin failure into something revolutionary

YAYitsAndrew · Dec 28, 2007, 04:45 PM

I think kids' movies have been supplying video game analogies from the adventure genre for a very long time. The recent beowulf movie also had a few chase/race scenes that would have turned into video game levels without a problem.

Just as movies are made to sell toys to kids, now they're being made to sell video games to kids. Some of the most reliable and successful games in the industry are licensed property. Maybe we're not buying Shrek games, but what's mom who knows nothing about video games buying for her 10 year old?

Dec 28, 2007, 08:32 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,779 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Sony's Landau: 300 The 'First Video Game Movie Translation' Source: Gamesutra _______________ As part of an in-depth Gamasutra interview with Sony Pictures Digital's Yair Landau posted today, the exec has been suggesting that the film 300 is closest to being the first truly successful video game-styled movie, despite not being based on a game. Sony Pictures Digital's Landau oversees both Sony Pictures Animation (Surf's Up) and Sony Online Entertainment (EverQuest), and talks to Gamasutra about how convergence is significantly affecting the bond between Hollywood and the game industry, from 300 to The Agency. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

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OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,626 Rep Power: 171 System Specs	I don't like the sound of that at all. "Video game experience" really means eye candy and violence instead of good plot and characters. Isn't there enough terrible movies by accident that we don't need studios purposely making "video gamish" movies not based on games? I hope this is just the usual Sony tactic in trying to spin failure into something revolutionary __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Dec 28, 2007, 04:45 PM	#3
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I think kids' movies have been supplying video game analogies from the adventure genre for a very long time. The recent beowulf movie also had a few chase/race scenes that would have turned into video game levels without a problem. Just as movies are made to sell toys to kids, now they're being made to sell video games to kids. Some of the most reliable and successful games in the industry are licensed property. Maybe we're not buying Shrek games, but what's mom who knows nothing about video games buying for her 10 year old? __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com