the good , the bad and the ugly videogame

[Hippieoddball1]

Take a load of this, i can't wait -

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - If you have ever answered to the nickname Blondie, it might be time to dust off your poncho and make sure your six-shooter is fully loaded. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is coming to a game platform near you.

In a deal with MGM Interactive, Bits Studios has acquired video game rights to the three Sergio Leone movies often called "The Man With No Name" trilogy. The 1966 classic "Good, Bad, Ugly" which starred     Clint Eastwood,     Lee Van Cleef and     Eli Wallach, was the last in the series but will be the first to get the interactive treatment.

Bits Studios CEO Foo Katan said he is exploring options for actors to contribute their likeness and voice talents. He has not ruled out working with Eastwood but said that likeness and other rights for original cast members need to be handled separately through the individual actors or estates because of the age of the movies.

Katan has secured portions of Ennio Morricone's memorable scores, however, which he thinks "is probably the most important aspect we embrace in the game beyond the film itself. They are powerful and unforgettable scores that you really associate with the films."

No publisher is attached yet, but the game is on schedule to ship next year for PC,     Xbox,     PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Although it will bear the name and the music from the popular spaghetti Western, the third-person-perspective video game will follow a new story line that is influenced by the movies and will keep the tone of the films. This design approach supports better gameplay, Katan said.

Bits Studios is employing the same business model as it did with the video game based on Warner Bros. Pictures' "Constantine." The U.K.-based independent game development studio acquires Hollywood licenses on its own, creates the game and then finds a publisher to distribute the title worldwide.

Eastwood is already working on a revival of "Dirty Harry" for next-generation consoles next year, working with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developer Foundation 9 Entertainment.

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[iceman]

Cant wait for this one eh

"Get Three Consoles ready" he! he! LOL

ICE

[Sensei]

This is some really great news.  I just hope they take the time to make this a good game and not just try to milk the cow (after almost 40 years).

[Christopher]

Cool!

Did this come from the internet? If so, a link would be nice.

[Hippieoddball1]

i don't know how to post a link but this is the website,

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050912/media_nm/media_goodbadugly_dc_1

hope this is ok?

[Beebs]

"Get Three Consoles ready" he! he! LOL

ICE

Beautifully put!! When can I preorder one. You said next year? 


"Two kinds of people in this world my friend, those with XBOX and those with PS2"


"See you in 40 years on a TV screen id id id"
"Idiots, he wont be there"
(Too bad van Cleef's voice won't be in it. May he rest in Peace.

[Bill Carson]

wow! I only just read  this. I say HELL YES! a PS2 game based on GBU would supercool! I just hope that a decent games developer gets the job of bringing it all to life! I mean, I LOVE RED DEAD REVOLVER and I'm looking forward to GUN - but this'll be the REAL thing!   

[Beebs]

But red dead is so unrealiztic with the green goo and fire bombs and invinsibility

[Leone Admirer]

Or we will and it'll be a different voice or a different character model 

[Beebs]

I don't know too much about this technical legality stuff. Thanks for pointing it out.


When can we preorder? Is there a website up for it? A due date?

[Beebs]

Will it be be ready for Santa to bring me?

[HEX]

Will it be be ready for Santa to bring me?

highly doubtful BEEBS. dont expect it until mid 2006.

thats my hunch.

[Leone Admirer]

I wonder if they are going to do this as a Christmas 2006 release. Seems right to me, could put it on the end of a boxset with the other films. I think at the moment were just going to have to settle with GUN.

[HEX]

I wonder if they are going to do this as a Christmas 2006 release. Seems right to me, could put it on the end of a boxset with the other films. I think at the moment were just going to have to settle with GUN.

lol u make it seem like GUN is going to be crap compared to the DOLLARS games. for all u know these games will be worse than RED DEAD REVOLVER.


of course we will still buy them though

[Leone Admirer]

Whoops, I actually didn't mean to imply that GUN is crap. I'm hopefully going to get it for Christmas and I don't want to bash it just yet