These days, it seems like every major video game studio wants to adapt its properties to big and small screens. It’s an area that’s only going to continue to grow after the success of projects like The Last of Us or The Super Mario Movie. But, there was an era in the world of entertainment where movie studios more often looked to video games for adaptations. It was a time that now feels like a distant memory.
Though mega franchises like Marvel, Star Wars, DC, Middle-earth, and The Wizarding World remain vital parts of gaming, direct adaptations of a film just don’t happen like they used to. Granted, that genre often experienced extreme highs and lows, but perhaps we didn’t appreciate those games enough. For all of their flaws, those adaptations offered quite a few things we could always use more of. Perhaps it’s...
Though mega franchises like Marvel, Star Wars, DC, Middle-earth, and The Wizarding World remain vital parts of gaming, direct adaptations of a film just don’t happen like they used to. Granted, that genre often experienced extreme highs and lows, but perhaps we didn’t appreciate those games enough. For all of their flaws, those adaptations offered quite a few things we could always use more of. Perhaps it’s...
- 7/20/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
In hindsight, the summer of 2012 might be one for the ages, with huge films like "The Hunger Games," "Prometheus," "Men in Black 3," "Magic Mike," "Ted," and "The Dark Knight Rises" (among many others) coming out in just the span of a few months. New franchises, old franchises made new again, surprise hits -- it was a summer that had everything. It even had some legendarily huge flops.
To that end, Universal Pictures and director Peter Berg ("Hancock") suffered a brutal loss with "Battleship," a big-budget adaptation of sorts based on the best-selling board game of the same name. The film boasts an A-list cast led by the likes of Taylor Kitsch ("John Carter"), Liam Neeson ("Taken"), Alexander Skarsgård ("True Blood"), and pop star Rhianna. Given that the board game doesn't have much story, the filmmakers crafted a story that sees the Navy trying to stop an alien invasion.
Unfortunately...
To that end, Universal Pictures and director Peter Berg ("Hancock") suffered a brutal loss with "Battleship," a big-budget adaptation of sorts based on the best-selling board game of the same name. The film boasts an A-list cast led by the likes of Taylor Kitsch ("John Carter"), Liam Neeson ("Taken"), Alexander Skarsgård ("True Blood"), and pop star Rhianna. Given that the board game doesn't have much story, the filmmakers crafted a story that sees the Navy trying to stop an alien invasion.
Unfortunately...
- 4/20/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Norman Blumenthal, a longtime producer of the classic TV game show Concentration and kids show Wonderama, died Sept. 23 of multiple organ failure on Long Island, New York. He was 97.
His death was first reported this week by the Long Island newspaper Newsday. He was a resident of West Hempstead, Long Island.
After a stint in the Navy during World War II, Blumenthal, a Brooklyn native, enrolled in the Brooklyn Museum Art School, soon landing jobs in commercial art agencies and then assistant art director at Esquire magazine, according to Newsday.
He began his TV career at the CBS 1950s Saturday morning children’s show Winky Dink and You. A puzzle enthusiast, he is credited with helping conceive the concept for NBC’s Concentration, a memory game built around a large rebus puzzle. He remained with the show through its 15-year original run, producing episodes and creating puzzles not only for...
His death was first reported this week by the Long Island newspaper Newsday. He was a resident of West Hempstead, Long Island.
After a stint in the Navy during World War II, Blumenthal, a Brooklyn native, enrolled in the Brooklyn Museum Art School, soon landing jobs in commercial art agencies and then assistant art director at Esquire magazine, according to Newsday.
He began his TV career at the CBS 1950s Saturday morning children’s show Winky Dink and You. A puzzle enthusiast, he is credited with helping conceive the concept for NBC’s Concentration, a memory game built around a large rebus puzzle. He remained with the show through its 15-year original run, producing episodes and creating puzzles not only for...
- 11/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
History is doubling down on its “That Built” franchise with four spinoffs.
This comes after A+E Networks cable net launched the second season of The Food That Built America.
Elsewhere, the network has ordered a protest documentary from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and moved its Bill Clinton series to 2022.
History is launching The Machines That Built America, The Toys That Built America, The Engineering That Built the World and The Titans That Built America. All, except the latter, come from Six West Media, the non-fiction producer owned by A+E Networks.
The Titans That Built America, which premieres on May 31, is a three-night miniseries that chronicles the rise and fierce rivalries of industrial heavy hitters William Boeing, Walter Chrysler, Jp Morgan Jr, and Pierre Du Pont. It is produced by Stephen David Entertainment with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson exec producing via Appian Way Productions. Other exec producers include Stephen David, Tim Kelly,...
This comes after A+E Networks cable net launched the second season of The Food That Built America.
Elsewhere, the network has ordered a protest documentary from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and moved its Bill Clinton series to 2022.
History is launching The Machines That Built America, The Toys That Built America, The Engineering That Built the World and The Titans That Built America. All, except the latter, come from Six West Media, the non-fiction producer owned by A+E Networks.
The Titans That Built America, which premieres on May 31, is a three-night miniseries that chronicles the rise and fierce rivalries of industrial heavy hitters William Boeing, Walter Chrysler, Jp Morgan Jr, and Pierre Du Pont. It is produced by Stephen David Entertainment with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson exec producing via Appian Way Productions. Other exec producers include Stephen David, Tim Kelly,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The History Channel is building out its popular “That Built” franchise with three more spinoffs: “The Machines That Built America,” “The Toys That Built America” and “The Engineering That Built the World.”
It has also ordered a new batch of “The Men Who Built America” episodes, though the cable channel has rebranded that one to be the gender-neutral “The Titans That Built America.”
With these new spinoffs, another in development and the currently airing Season 2 of “The Food That Built America,” the franchise now boasts six series.
“The Titans that Built America,” executive produced by Appian Way Productions’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson and Stephen David Entertainment, will air across three consecutive nights beginning on Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
The updated “Men Who Built America” will detail the rivalry of the next generation of American titans: Henry Ford, Jp Morgan Jr., William Chrysler, William Boeing and Pierre DuPont,...
It has also ordered a new batch of “The Men Who Built America” episodes, though the cable channel has rebranded that one to be the gender-neutral “The Titans That Built America.”
With these new spinoffs, another in development and the currently airing Season 2 of “The Food That Built America,” the franchise now boasts six series.
“The Titans that Built America,” executive produced by Appian Way Productions’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson and Stephen David Entertainment, will air across three consecutive nights beginning on Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
The updated “Men Who Built America” will detail the rivalry of the next generation of American titans: Henry Ford, Jp Morgan Jr., William Chrysler, William Boeing and Pierre DuPont,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Battleship brought the Milton Bradley strategy board game to life on the big screen with an alien invasion twist, and now Hasbro and their Entertainment One studio are working on turning another one of their iconic games into a TV series. Hasbro has brought in House of Cards creator Beau Willimon to develop a TV […]
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- 1/12/2021
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
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