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[Wario64]

What with all these games turning into movies these days?
And to clear up any confusion, this is the upcoming Area 51 game, not the light gun game

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/08/31/news_6106108.html

Paramount Pictures announced today that it has optioned the movie rights to Midway games' arcade action thriller Area 51. A home version of the game, leveraging the voice-acting skills of David Duchovny, Powers Boothe, and Marilyn Manson, is set to be released next March on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, but the movie will not necessarily draw on the game's talent, says Paramount.

X-Files alum Duchovny will play the game's hero, Ethan Cole, while Marilyn Manson will provide the voice acting for Edgar, the gray alien. Powers Boothe will step into the role of Major Bridges in the game iteration.

The film will be produced by How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' Christine Peters. Both Midway and Paramount are controlled by Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone.

 

[Matlock]

Midway's action line has pretty much entered the realm of "summer action flick" in plotting, pacing, special effects, et al. What's happened is that Midway has figured out how to make a game more like a movie experience, without getting MGS-style retarded.

...and I love 'em for it.

 

[AeroGod]

The film will be produced by How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' Christine Peters

ahahahahhaa

 

[Defensor]

Midway is on a roll!

 

[DrGAKMAN]

Sumner Redstone invested in Midway and is also behind Viacom, who owns Paramount...who also did the Lara Croft movies and I think are behind the Spy Hunter movie...no surprizes.

 

[Templar Wizard]

Uwe Boll to direct i hope.