SlappingOysters
11-03-2008, 05:36 AM
Update: Variety is now reporting that Universal has won the movie rights (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995139.html?categoryid=13&cs=1) for Electronic Arts Dante's Inferno property.
Universal Pictures won a bidding battle for an unreleased Electronic Arts videogame that sources said will be called "Dante's Inferno" by the time it hits the marketplace next year.
Agreement is the second the studio has made in recent weeks for an EA vidgame property.
The deal -- an option fee against seven-figure purchase price -- ended an auction that pitted four studios against one another late last week (Daily Variety, Oct. 31). Paramount, New Regency and MGM were the other final bidders, after Warner Bros. dropped out Thursday.Thanks, Gameplayer (http://www.gameplayer.com.au/gp_documents/Movie-Studios-and-EA.aspx).
Universal Pictures won a bidding battle for an unreleased Electronic Arts videogame that sources said will be called "Dante's Inferno" by the time it hits the marketplace next year.
Agreement is the second the studio has made in recent weeks for an EA vidgame property.
The deal -- an option fee against seven-figure purchase price -- ended an auction that pitted four studios against one another late last week (Daily Variety, Oct. 31). Paramount, New Regency and MGM were the other final bidders, after Warner Bros. dropped out Thursday.Thanks, Gameplayer (http://www.gameplayer.com.au/gp_documents/Movie-Studios-and-EA.aspx).