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The Critics Agree: Sucker Punch Is A Big Screen 'Video Game'

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:30:00 EDT

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Sucker Punch, the new movie from director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), opens this weekend. It's a big budget, special effects-stuffed action adventure featuring four young girls doing battle against giant samurai, winged serpents and zombie soldiers. Critical consensus hasn't been good. More »

300 Director's EA Games Could Become Movies

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:07 EDT

Following Variety's story early this morning that Zack Snyder, the man behind such films as The Dawn of the Dead and 300, has signed a deal with EA to make three games, comes the official announcement. Filmmaker Snyder, whose latest project is the movie adaptation of Watchmen, will be working with EA Los Angeles, the same studio which worked with Steven Spielberg on Boom Blox. Under the agreement with Cruel & Unusual Film, EA will own the rights to the games which they will develop, publish and distribute worldwide. EA and Snyder will also work to "extend the game franchises into theatrical motion pictures." More »

"300" Director Signs With EA

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Move over Steven Spielberg! There's now another Hollywood movie director in the EA stable. Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300 and The Watchmen adaptations, has signed a three game deal with EA much like the Spielberg deal. The company will retain full ownership of the Snyder-developed titles, Variety reports, but EA will also work with him to possibly bring the games to the silver screen. Since the deal has literally just been closed, Snyder apparently hasn't even come up with the first game yet. Imagine it'll be a while before we see anything on these titles. More »