Director, Producer and Writer of Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Alien vs.
Predator and Castlevania to Share Secrets of Success for Creating Films
From Videogames
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hollywood and Games Summit, a
collaboration between the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and The
Hollywood Reporter, is pleased to announce Paul W.S. Anderson as the
event's keynote. With a track record of several No. 1 box-office films
adapted from games, Anderson's experiences as a director, producer and
writer make him a uniquely credible creative authority on the collaboration
of film and games. The keynote will take place on June 27, 2006, at the
Beverly Hills Hotel.
Titled "Pressing the Right Buttons: How to Successfully Blend Game and
Film," Anderson's address will profile his experience directing such hits
as Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil and Alien vs. Predator, all of which
debuted No. 1 at the box office. He will also discuss his vision for each
of these films and explain his uncanny ability to create critically and
financially successful films while drawing from and preserving the
integrity of the original videogame inspiration.
"Anderson's uncanny ability to translate the fun factor of a game into
the x-factor of a film underscores the fact that modern games can be deeply
entertaining and involving source material for film, as novels and comics
were in the previous century," said Jamil Moledina, executive director,
Game Developers Conference. "Anderson's repeated success at game
adaptations illustrates how a creative vision can make the difference
between a hit and a flop -- making him the perfect guru for the creative
and business leaders of both entertainment industries."
"As the first filmmaker to successfully translate a videogame to the
cinema, Paul Anderson is a visionary in the most literal sense of the
term," said Chris Marlowe, The Hollywood Reporter's editorial director for
digital media. "His subsequent achievements prove that filmmakers are
inspired by great stories and great characters wherever they happen to find
them."
Anderson has been working on projects based on videogame intellectual
property since 1995 when he directed Mortal Kombat, an adaptation of the
hit Midway arcade game created by John Tobias and Ed Boon, taking the 3D
fighting format to a mysterious island tournament setting. Anderson
directed another videogame adaptation in 2002, Resident Evil. The Capcom
game originally was directed by Shinji Mikami and was itself inspired by a
film, George Romero's 1978 classic Night of the Living Dead. Anderson next
helmed the long-awaited film adaptation of a property that came together
when writer Chris Warner intertwined films by Ridley Scott and John
McTiernan into the breakout hit Dark Horse comic book series Alien vs.
Predator. The comic book then became several arcade, handheld, console and
PC games.
Anderson's next projects include adapting the wildly successful DOA:
Dead or Alive and Castlevania games, two of the most revered franchises in
videogames.
The inaugural Hollywood and Games Summit, presented by the CMP Game
Group, host of the industry-leading Game Developers Conference, and
entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter, will allow top
executives to address the increasing collaboration between film and
interactive entertainment and the resulting opportunity to improve
production methods and business models. The event will take place on June
27, 2006, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
More information about this keynote and other sessions featured at the
Hollywood and Games Summit is available online at
http://www.hollywoodandgames.com. Registration discounts expire May 25, 2006.
About the CMP Game Group (http://www.cmpgame.com)
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industry, the CMP Game Group offers market-defining content, and drives
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About The Hollywood Reporter
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worldwide rely on the publication for fuel for thought that enables success
in a continually evolving business and creative environment. The Hollywood
Reporter provides comprehensive coverage of the global entertainment
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E-Mail; THR-East; and its Neal Award-winning Web site --
http://www.HollywoodReporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter is published by
Netherlands-based VNU, the world's largest organization of
entertainment-related publications and services.
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