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GamesBeat Summit 2025: Why trust and authenticity are key to Hollywood adaptations


Video game adaptations continue to make a big splash in Hollywood.

When working on adaptations of video game IP, Fan and her team meet with developers on a monthly basis to check in and ask how their audiences would feel about the project. While movie and TV companies seem to be in an arms race over chasing big gaming IP, Alcon Interactive president George Collins thinks it’ll become increasingly important to pair those properties with the right directors and writers, especially those who have a unique point of view or who can say something new with the brand. But as successful as this recent slate of films and TV shows have been, there are still a lot of big names out there like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto that haven’t made the jump to Hollywood just yet.

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