Lionsgate has bought the rights to fantasy book series The Kingkiller Chronicles and will developing simultaneous movies, games and TV series based on the series.
From IndieWire: "Lionsgate is flirting with the potential of a major video game based on the “John Wick” action franchise, the studio’s CEO let slip on Thursday.
During an earnings call with investors, Jon Feltheimer noted that Lionsgate execs have been “fielding proposals” for a big video game based on the Keanu Reeves movies. Despite his excitement at the idea, Feltheimer was hesitant to say much more about the early-stages project: “I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but we believe there is a big AAA game to be made out of ‘John Wick.’ We have been fielding proposals. We certainly are interested in moving that forward, but I don’t want to say anything more about that at this time.”
Given that each of the three movies have been box-office hits — all featuring some of the most genre-defining, stylized action and gun-fu around — a sprawling action game seems like a natural fit for John Wick’s character and story. There already is a “John Wick” video game that exists, of course; Mike Bithell’s independent “John Wick Hex” which was released in 2020 and re-imagined the gunman’s fighting as a strategy game akin to gunfire chess. But Feltheimer mentioned a AAA game: something that would require a sizable budget, but that eager fans have been demanding for years."
The season will include three new downloadable fighters: Robert James from Power Rangers Jungle Fury, Lauren Shiba from Power Rangers Super Samurai, and Scorpina from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Expected to see Lauren but not so much for R.J. and Scorpina, although the former was on the top 12 of the popularity poll. And as for the latter, while I kinda wished we could have gotten Zen Aku or Astronema, I'm just glad that we're getting a female villain for once. Although now I'm interested on how she will look like.
Lionsgate and an Overwatch team have partnered for a very interesting promotion around one of their more popular shows.