Games We Love but Wish We Could Love Playing
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In an interview with Venture Beat, Red Eagle Entertainment film studio said they are starting up a new video game studio called Red Eagle Games, it's main purpose to make games based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The first movie, based on "The Eye of the World" is already in the works. A game version is planned for release at the same time as the movie.
The Wheel of Time books are some of my favorites and I really hope they don't mess up the game and movie by rushing development.
Former IBM executives Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon are producers at Red Eagle Entertainment, a film company they started in 2003 after obtaining the series rights. News recently leaked that Universal will make the movie based on Red Eagle Entertainments rights on a $150 million budget, though no formal announcement has been made.
Weve got a huge running start with this property, Selvage said. We expect to have a game based on every movie, and we expect no less than three movies, though that depends on how well each does.
Between the films and the games, the companies are expecting to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the entertainment property. While the movie financing is in place, Selvage said he is just beginning the process of raising money for the game studio. That could prove difficult, but he said he has already received an enthusiastic reaction, largely because the rights to the series are considered so valuable.
Additional sources:
- Robert Jordans Wheel of Time Slated For MMO (gameinformer.com)
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It's a shame Mr. Jordan knocked off before finishing the final chapter of his most epic series.
It was actually pretty decent, but the fact that it seems to have been forgotten may mean only I thought it was decent.
And yeah Jordan died before writing the final book, but I heard his wife and editors are going to try to write the final one, based on what he told them of it.
But I totally agree this could be much better than the Lord of the Rings movies if they can get a really good director and actors.
And people should at least try reading the first book it's an amazingly entertaining book. My family is just hooked on this series.
Okay, I'm a HUGE WoT fan (actually re-reading it now) and was hoping that movie developers would never set their eyes on the books. After seeing how the Harry Potter films played out (OoP was little more than bright lights and special effects- hardly any of the story was told) I couldn't bear the thought of the same happening to WoT. The only time I would accept this move would be when they make 3 movies for EACH book. 3 movies for the whole series? Yeah, right. The books are too detailed, with every event playing such an important role that they can't afford to cut much of it.
And, if anyone doesn't agree with me, remember Eragon.
I agree with Z fighter that the books will be hard to fit into movies, but that's business. I do believe that Jorden adds some really unnecessary stuff sometimes, especially in the later entries to the series. It's all about cutting out the junk and still keeping the story and characters intact.
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