Bruckheimer Talks Game to Movie Connection

The Hollywood Reporter recently interviewed movie magnate Jerry Bruckheimer, the man behind the upcoming “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and the forthcoming “Prince of Persia” films based on the Ubisoft game franchise, about the relationship between video games and films. Bruckheimer talks about how games are another avenue for studios to make a profit in the movie business. Here are a few of the more interesting comments in the piece:

“THR: Do you see video games as the new comic books in Hollywood?”

“Bruckheimer: Anything we see that we will appropriate and try to purchase, if we feel it’s good for a movie, we’ll buy it. Whether “Top Gun” came from a magazine article or a game, it doesn’t matter. Movies come from ideas. Movies come from books. They come from out of the writer’s mind … just like video games … no different.”

And Bruckheimer answers the ever present question of whether games will replace movies as the primary form of entertainment:

“Bruckheimer: You mean movies would be gone and it would just be video games? Well, if you put consoles in theaters, it’s a possibility. It’s another way of having entertainment. But I think as far as having the experience of going to a film, that will never go away. I think people want to get out of their houses. Kids are not going to take their girlfriend to the living room with their parents sitting there and watch a movie or play a video game in front of their folks. They might go in their room, but they’re not going to take their girlfriend to their room because their parents will get very upset. So I think gaming is something that kids play together. They play online, but it’s not the same experience as going to a movie.”

Check out the whole interview here.