Spielberg Focusing Too Much Attention On Gaming These Days?
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Even though Peter Jackson might have been among the first directors with designs on "conquering the console", Steven Spielberg has become the next big-name director to catch the gaming bug. Play.tm has an interview with EA's Neil Young about the studio working closely with the famed director on 3 different games. Details are sketchy on the titles, but Young did say that one game will be about an "end of the world" type of event. Young also said that another game is being designed for the Nintendo Wii. The real shocker was that according to Young, "Steven's in the studio about once a week, anywhere from 1 to 4 hours; he swings by and he's in the office by about 8:30 and usually leaves like 11:00 or midday, it's everything you'd hoped the relationship would be but were nervous to ask upfront. It's really wonderful spending time with him...".Spielberg obviously doesn't have a problem with multi-tasking; the latest Indiana Jones film has announced a "solid" start date, and he will also be bringing Tintin to Dreamworks. You have to wonder if those projects could suffer in light of his new passion for gaming. It really looks like Spielberg is a kid at heart, because like every other kid, he's busy playing video games when he has work to do.
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3-14-2007 @ 10:52PM
Dickens said...
...The Medal of Honor series was created by Steven Spielberg...
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3-15-2007 @ 3:23AM
Bhupinder said...
Jeevika: South Asia Documentary Festival, which began in 2003, aims at capturing the livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor and bringing it to the attention of current and future policy makers. Over the years, Jeevika has been successful in advocating for the cause of numerous entry-level entrepreneurs - rickshaw pullers, street vendors, prostitutes, child labour, farmers and forest-dwellers.
The premier event of the festival to be held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi will be the awards ceremony from 20-23rd July 2007, which will culminate four days of screening for the top films. The last date for the submitting the entries is May 31, 2007
In addition as part of the festival tour, the award-winning films will travel and be screened in premier schools and colleges in over 20 states in India and other organisations working on livelihood issues as well as in our South Asian neighbours.
Over the years, Jeevika has become an increasingly popular and news-worthy event as well as an important catalyst for positive social change. The Film-makers whose films have been showcased in the past include Rakesh Sharma (of the Final Solution fame), Sanjay Barnela (Turf Wars) and Shohini Ghosh (Tales of the Night Fairies).
For further details, please log on : www.ccs.in/jeevika
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3-15-2007 @ 4:11AM
Curt said...
Spielberg has earned the right to do what he wants when he wants. And he's always been a multi-tasker.
And if anything makes Indy 4 terrible, it'll be Geriatric Jones or Lucas's fault.
I await his Wii game with bated breath. Medal of Honor series was great. I assume he'll do great again.
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3-15-2007 @ 8:55AM
SEMCENTS said...
This sounds like the next step for a person of his experience
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3-15-2007 @ 2:00PM
john.hudgens said...
Spielberg's always been fond of gaming - he put out "The Dig" back in the mid-90s, and at one point was itching to do a feature film version of "Crimson Skies", before Microsoft ruined that deal. And that was several years before "Sky Captain" as well.
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3-15-2007 @ 1:47PM
Cath said...
Spielberg has always had a nose for money, and that's where the money is headed these days.
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3-15-2007 @ 11:30PM
Steven Awalt said...
Spielberg has been interested in video games since the early days of the industry. Sure he's a businessman, but his history as a fan and a professional with video games would show that he's in it for more than just "the money."
Steven Awalt
Editor, SpielbergFilms.com
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