The record-breaking box office for A Minecraft Movie has been followed by a rush of announcements for more films based on games
  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    IDK, the old Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Super Mario Brothers, and Silent Hill live action movies weren’t extremely well received. To say it is only the result of the IP and nothing else is not exactly true IMO, there is more to it than that.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think those films generally fall into the either the “don’t know how to turn it into a movie” or “the fans will buy anything” camps.

      Now, gaming movies are getting bigger budgets and such, and probably more involvement from the game companies.

      EDIT: Also, the IPs now have way more fans than they did before. Thinking of SMB, at least