At the recent Austin Game Conference, Hollywood producer Jon Landau (Titanic, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Dick Tracy) talked MMOs and film. Earlier this year, Landau and director James Cameron became board members for MMO game network Multiverse. While nothing official has been announced, Laundau referred to himself as "a filmmaker who's involved in creating IP that games are based on." With cinema's production and technology moving closer to gaming, the producer points out:

It turns out films and MMOs are not that different. That shouldn't be too surprising, though. After all, what we do as filmmakers is create virtual worlds...Both our industries build experiences that have the same goals.

And in Hollywood, those goals are sequels, while in online gaming, they're called "expansion packs." Brian Ashcraft

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