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Tag: Film
The Transmedia Train
Gaming continues its transmedia expansion
Call of Duty becomes the latest major games IP to get the film treatment
Adaptations
Amazon’s live-action Tomb Raider series to begin filming in January 2026
Sophie Turner confirmed to star as Lara Croft
New Offerings
Activision partners with Paramount to develop Call of Duty movie
Paramount will produce and distribute the live-action film, expanding the franchise to new audiences
Market Report
Minecraft mobile revenue surges 44% following movie release
New Sensor Tower report also shows a 77% increase in DAUs for Fallout Shelter
New Medium
Thatgamecompany fuses film and gaming in new Sky: Children of the Light animated feature
The developers’ transmedia project will explore the game’s origin story
Trump Tariffs
Trump’s film industry tariffs: Will game movie adaptations be sentenced or spared?
The US president calls incentives drawing US filmmakers to other countries a "national security threat"
Transmedia
A Minecraft Movie and The Last of Us fly the transmedia flag
A look at the successes and failures of games spinning off into other entertainment mediums
Minecraft Movie
A Minecraft movie soars past $550m at the box office
The film initially made $301m globally in its first two days
Podcast | Episode 49
Trump tariffs chaos and Supercell doubles down on celebrity marketing and investments | Week in Mobile Games podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 49...
Transmedia
Clash of Clans developer Supercell wants to bring top IP to film and TV
Finnish mobile games company is hiring for a senior film and TV development executive in LA
Transmedia Strikes Again
EA working with Amazon MGM Studios on The Sims movie
Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap to co-produce the film
Mobile Games Adaptation
MiHoYo green lights Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail movies with government backing
The projects aim to elevate Shanghai into a premier “city of film'' within three years, positioning it as a key destination for film production
Tech Splash
Video games add £1.3 billion to UK economy in "spillover technology"
Ukie and FTI Consulting have partnered for a new report into games tech’s influence on other industries
Zeal For Zelda
With a Legend of Zelda movie on the way, why not a mobile game too?
Zelda's link to the future… Isn't it time that Nintendo gave the series a chance on mobile?
Collaborations
Subway Surfers collaborate with Universal Pictures for Back to the Future crossover
The classic film will be the first multimedia collaboration that Subway Surfers has introduced
Film & Tv
Mobile hit Space Marshals to become an animated series
A new deal with developers Pixelbite includes both a TV series and movie
Collaborations
World of Tanks: Blitz continues collab spree with Terminator 2 in-game event
Hot off the back of their holiday event, World of Tanks: Blitz are offering another collab event based around the Terminator 2 movie
Diversification
Nexon branches out with $400 million investment into Russo Brother’s AGBO
A further $100 million set aside
Beyond Games
Is gaming the next frontier for entertainment?
Alexandre Salem, the Global Director of Gaming Partnerships for Huawei explores the impact of games in the future of our creative world – in 2022 and beyond
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: Why storytelling is always king
Panel on 'The Influence of Comics, Films and Music on Games'
Guess Who's Back
Sonic's second movie gets a release date for April 8th 2022
Sega and Paramount to team up again