I believe this is a first in Hollywood. All week, studios have been battling for the movie rights to a video game that hasn't even been released yet. No one even knew quite what this game was that had the major players in such a frenzy. But a victor has emerged, and all has finally been revealed. According to Variety, Universal Studios has won the rights to Electronic Arts' "Dante's Inferno," a game that is still unannounced and unconfirmed by EA, despite that they shopped the concept as a film. EA's VP, Patrick J. O'Brian, and the game's creator, Jonathan Knight, will be working closely with Universal Studios on the development of the movie.
Unsurprisingly to those who know their classic literature, "Dante's Inferno" will be a descent into hell for gamers (hopefully figuratively, and not literally). It will be a modern reinvention of the 14th century poem, where gamers fight their way through the depths and torments of hell. Read More...
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