New 'Star Wars' Open-World Video Game Coming From Ubisoft
Lucasfilm Games announced that there's a new Star Wars open world video game in the works at Ubisoft, and Electronic Arts has more coming too.
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Ubisoft's 'Avatar' Video Game Delayed So It Can Be Released Closer To James Cameron's Sequels
Ubisoft's Avatar video game has been delayed until 2022, making it an accurate reflection of James Cameron's long-gestating sequel films.
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'Beyond Good And Evil' Movie: Adaptation Of Video Game Coming From 'Detective Pikachu' Director
Ubisoft's 2003 game is getting a Netflix film adaptation. Rob Letterman (Detective Pikachu) is directing a Beyond Good and Evil movie for the streamer.
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'Werewolves Within', Based On Popular Game, Is Being Adapted Into A Movie
Ubisoft is developing a Werewolves Within movie, based on the VR version of the popular modern board game about werewolves terrorizing a small town.
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Ubisoft Netflix TV Series May Be Coming, But Which Video Game Property Will It Be?
We don't know much about the Ubisoft Netflix talks, but the video game giant is talking to the streaming service about a potential series
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'Ghost Recon' Gets 'Y: The Last Man' Writers, Hopes To Be Michael Bay's Next Movie
Among the many films that game publisher UbiSoft has developed from its own internal properties is Ghost Recon, based on concepts from Tom Clancy novels. The games feature an elite, ultra-high tech US military force. The film rights are at Warner Bros., with Michael Bay developing and producing. And now the Y: The Last Man and…
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Sony Partners With Ubisoft To Make Movie Based On 'Watch Dogs' Videogame
One of the most anticipated games on a next generation console is now a step closer to the big screen. Ubisoft's Watch Dogs, which follows a man around Chicago with the ability to hack into anything, is being developed into a feature film by Sony Pictures and New Regency. The company announced the news at…
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Michael Bay Developing 'Ghost Recon' For Warner Bros. And Ubisoft
A while ago the video game company Ubisoft made a big move: it decided to develop its own game properties as films. The idea is that Ubi can come up with better movies based on its own games than external producers could; that's untested as yet, but the early results are impressive. They're still partnering…
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Ubisoft's 'Assassin's Creed' Adaptation Hires Playwright Michael Lesslie
The Assassin's Creed adaptation suddenly got a lot more interesting when Michael Fassbender was cast as the lead, and now it's adding some intriguing talent behind the scenes as well. New Regency and Ubisoft have hired Michael Lesslie to pen the screenplay. If Lesslie's name doesn't seem familiar, that's probably because he's relatively unknown as…
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Ubisoft Developing 'Ghost Recon' Game To Film Adaptation; Crafting 'Raving Rabbids' TV Series
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…
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Tom Hardy To Lead 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'; 'The International' Writer Eric Singer Tapped For Script
Tom Hardy's all set to enter the world of Tom Clancy, but it's not in the way we previously suspected. A couple of months back, we got word that Paramount wanted the Dark Knight Rises actor to lead the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Without Remorse. Instead, he's signed on for the Ubisoft video game adaptation Tom Clancy's Splinter…
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Sony Takes Screen Rights To 'Assassin's Creed' Video Game Series
Looks like Sony has won the dubious honor of being able to produce and distribute a film based on the UbiSoft video game series Assassin's Creed. The games feature a lot of running along rooftops, pushing through crowds and tracking powerful targets before driving a knife in their back. There's even a sci-fi component as…
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Ubisoft Launches Motion Picture Studio
Critics may not have cared for last year's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but that didn't stop audiences from turning out in droves to see it. After an unremarkable start in the U.S., the film ultimately grossed $335 million worldwide -- making it the most commercially successful video game adaptation of all time.…
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