In another sign that Hollywood is increasingly looking to video games as a source of intellectual property, DreamWorks Animation has added more video game-based movies and TV shows to its pipeline. We have signed a contract with media company Story Kitchen to incorporate it.
According to a report from Deadline today, Story Kitchen will focus on “securing exciting and iconic video game IP for DWA to adapt to anime audiences around the world.” The report states that no adaptation measures are currently being developed, but “further announcements are expected in the near future.”
Story Kitchen was founded in 2022 by Sonic the Hedgehog film producer Dmitri M. Johnson, a man with extensive experience bringing video games to the big screen. According to its website, Story Kitchen specializes in “adapting video games and other 'non-traditional' IP into film/TV.” The company recently announced that it is working on a live-action film adaptation of Lovecraft's fishing game Dredge.
Story Kitchen's other video game-based projects include the animated TV show “Vampire Survivor,” Netflix's upcoming Tomb Raider animated series, Lionsgate's film adaptation “Streets of Rage” and “It Takes Two” for Amazon. There are also film adaptations of. DreamWorks, on the other hand, is known for series such as Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, and How to Train Your Dragon.
The move comes amid a growing flood of movies and television based on video games in recent years, completely breaking the so-called “curse of video game adaptations.” Johnson's “Sonic the Hedgehog'' movies continue to do well, with a third movie coming out this December, and “Super Mario Bros.'' movies were huge hits last year, reaching the $1 billion mark. became the second highest-grossing film of 2023. Big-screen adaptations of famous video games, including Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda, are in the works.
On the small screen, Prime Video just recently had a hit with Fallout, HBO is currently working on a second season of The Last of Us, and it's launching a series like League of Legends-based Arcane. The anime series continues to be a success.
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