Ubisoft Developing ‘Ghost Recon’ Game to Film Adaptation; Crafting ‘Raving Rabbids’ TV Series

Posted on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 by Russ Fischer

UbiSoft is leading a change in the video game industry when it comes to crafting film adaptations of games. The company has taken the reins of its own licenses and is actively developing several features with deals that attract top talent. Michael Fassbender is producing and starring in Assassin’s Creed, and Tom Hardy was recently attached to a film based on Ubi’s Splinter Cell series.

Now Ubi is developing a film based on the Ghost Recon game series, a set of tactical military shooters that is another one of the company’s Tom Clancy-branded franchises. And for the kids (or anyone who wants a little lunacy) the company is also working on an animated TV series based on the series of games that began with Rayman Raving Rabbids in 2006. Read More »

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Aardman Animation Making Live-Action/CGI ‘Raving Rabbids’ TV Show

Posted on Friday, September 24th, 2010 by Adam Quigley

Even if you’ve never played any of the video games from the Raving Rabbids series, there’s a good chance that you’ve caught some of the wacky antics that can be expected from them during a commercial break or two. The series is a spin-off of the Rayman line of games, and is based around a species of mischievous, maniacal rodents that serve as the antagonists of the franchise. Since their many media appearances, they’ve grown in popularity so much that they’ve even managed to eclipse the original series that spawned them.

And as with anything that grows popular, there’s no hesitation to capitalize on it: A Raving Rabbids TV show is currently in the works, and the studio producing it is none other than Aardman Animation. Learn more after the break. Read More »

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