Ubisoft launching film studio focused on game adaptations

[Tank]

Ubisoft's got its finger in a number of cinematic pies, including the
founding of its own CGI studio and the acquisition of special effects company Hybride -- now, the publisher
can add its very own film studio to its ... pie safe, we guess. Variety reports the company
opened up a division named Ubisoft Motion Pictures in Paris, which will be
headed by former EuropaCorp CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet, and will focus on adapting
Ubisoft's franchises into films and TV shows.





You guys realize what this means, right? We mean, it's pretty obvious. Given
the success of last year's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie,
they're going to follow it up with a television miniseries based on Smurfs Dance Party.
Like, duh.

Ubisoft launching film studio focused on game adaptations | Joystiq

oh shi...

 

[czc]

Reminds me of Vivendi for some reason.

 

[Tank]

what could possibly go wrong?

/sarcasm

 

[Kuga]

I reckon they could do a cool Crysis TV series.. or who makes that game again?

 

[czc]

So what will the DRM on their movies be like? Can we only watch it in the studio?

 

[Tank]

So what will the DRM on their movies be like? Can we only watch it in the studio?

yeah! and you'll need a constant connection via a IPTV enabled set. and when it drops the movie stops and starts over again when connection comes back

 

[Lycanthrope]

Ubisoft launching film studio focused on game adaptations | Joystiq

oh shi...

I really wonder about these business decisions Ubisoft has been making. They don't really seem to twig on what makes money... Then again, they're still in business so they must be doing something right...

 

[Sgt]

They probably shifted more then 10,000,000 copy's of AC Brotherhood, so I don't think they doing to bad. Mass Effect movie yes please, but must be made to be the next Star Wars will be epic.

 

[ZAP_Tech]

Lets give them the benefit of the doubt, sound wrong typing that out, maybe just maybe they can actually get it right, is there any game to movie adaptation that was good, i am trying to remember, Resident Evil? I like the series but was it good?

 

[Voicy]

I just hope Uwe Boll doesn't get wind of this...

 

[Tank]

he was barred from making big budget films...

http://www.destructoid.com/uwe-boll-barred-from-big-budget-film-64917.phtml

 

[Voicy]

he was barred from making big budget films...

http://www.destructoid.com/uwe-boll-barred-from-big-budget-film-64917.phtml

Awesome!

I'm loving the comments in that article:

I think the CIA is now using his films over waterboarding to extract information from terrorist cells.

 

[MarcosCOB]

So what will the DRM on their movies be like? Can we only watch it in the studio?

Lol

I see a fail of epic proportions in the midst.

 

[to0kenZA]

Lol

I see a fail of epic proportions in the midst.

Or they'll force you to be logged in to your online profile, that's linked to your TV license, at all times, otherwise the movie stops.

 

[DenSweeP]

This just in...

"Booby Kotchick, not wanting to lose out on any possible scheme to make money announces Activision to sell the Call of Duty movie rights to Michael Bay..."

 

[czc]

I thought "The Rock" wanted to do a Call of Duty Movie.

 

[hideinlight]

Can't think of one good game to movie adaption.

 

[to0kenZA]

This just in...

I thought "The Rock" wanted to do a Call of Duty Movie.

HYAHAHA!! Yoh! I would "lag" hard!

 

[Tank]

cod movie with Micheal Bay. would work. it's all just massive 'splosions for the most part

 

[Voicy]

cod movie with Micheal Bay. would work. it's all just massive 'splosions for the most part

I thought that's what Transformers 1 was. The C-130 spectre / Qatar scenes were pretty much a carbon copy of Modern Warfare 1.