March 04, 2004
OZ - story, toys, book, movie deal, then game?
Disney [and Jerry Bruckheimer are] making three films based on the iconoclastic designer American McGee's unreleased game "Oz."
I'm posting this article in relation to our last lecture by Tracy Fullerton in Seminar in Digital Game Studies (CTCS 564), where we talked about Games relation to other media such as cinema and television.
AM: "Truth is that game publishers aren't buying original game ideas these days. They want either a sequel to an existing successful game or a piece of Hollywood IP with someone else's marketing dollars behind it"
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/americanmcgeesoz/news_6087040.html
Posted by brad at March 4, 2004 04:19 PMComments
Thanks for posting this Brad. While all the hoopla about Oz is interesting, I was glad to see that short blurb about the Alice film still being considered. I hope it 'comes to life' literally....
Posted by: Julie at March 5, 2004 04:52 PM
