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出处:英文锁定日期2004-04-13
 


Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, is expected to earn much more money from helping create video games than making movies...

Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, is expected to earn much more money from helping create video games than making movies.

The computer game based on his movie "The Return of the King," was among best-seller list. And game makers wanted to get in early on "King Kong," Mr. Jackson's next movie.

Recently, Jackson worked out a deal with the game maker Ubisoft and Universal Pictures, the studio that plans to release "King Kong" next year. It means Mr. Jackson will give great control over the future game.

Indeed Mr. Jackson has realized "while a film experience for an audience is over after two or three hours, a successful game experience, if it captures the imagination, can last for days."

In the United States alone, sales of video games and consoles generated $10 billion in revenue last year, surpassing box-office ticket sales of $9.5 billion.

Computer games represent one of the fastest-growing, most profitable entertainment businesses. Making movies, by contrast, is getting tougher and more expensive. That is one reason that why those with power in Hollywood are involved into the games.

John Woo, the director of "Mission Impossible 2" and "Face/Off," is also developing for Sega a video game. At the same time, he hopes to turn the game into a movie.

百灵编辑:茂军


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