Movie to video game adaptations have a history of being, well, terrible. If your mind has blocked the memories, check out MyGaming’s list. Almost every year one of our beloved games gets adapted to the silver screen, and almost every time we walk out of a cinema with tears in our eyes and the taste of vomit in our mouths.
Ubisoft is trying to prevent their ultimate brand, Assassin’s Creed, from facing a similar defilement at the hands of incompetent moviemakers by demanding total control and approval rights over every aspect of the film. Hollywood insiders are dumbfounders, as this level of control is, according to them, completely unprecedented. Obviously none of them have ever battled their way through Ubisoft DRM.
Many took to the streets after being unable to make it to the main menu.
All the major studios were offered the movie rights to the game, including Dreamworks, Universal and Warner Bros., but all declined due to Ubisoft’s demands, which movie executives say are unreasonable. Ubisoft have finally had success with Sony Pictures however, despite one insider commenting, “As a director, even Steven Spielberg cannot get this kind of deal.” To put that in perspective, he made freakin’ Jurassic Park, and some other movie about an alien in a call-center or something.
Another anonymous agent (I like to think it’s Ari Gold), commented, “The whole Ubisoft/Sony deal is a waste of ink, paper and time. The level of control Sony gave up means, effectively, that Assassin’s Creed will never — and I mean never — get made.”
One studio executive weighed in, saying, “It’s [Ubisoft’s] billion-dollar brand, so I get that they’re protective. But they’re not moviemakers, and the only way to make sure it’s a bad movie is to undervalue what movie studios do — and this is a deal that totally undervalues what movie studios do.”
Sony believes the property is worth their while, since they claim they’ll only have to spend a fraction of their normal budget for developing a script.
Many however seem skeptical, and it seems Ubisoft being overprotective of their interests may again hurt their final product.
Source: Industrygamers
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