Tarrantino Kill Bill bliver til spil

Black Label Games og Miramax har netop sendt os en pressemeddelelse som fortæller, at man vil lave et spil baseret på Quentin Tarrantinos kommende film, Kill Bill.

Black Label Games har tidligere lavet spil som The Thing, Enclave og Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter, så det ser slet ikke værst ud. Der fortælles desuden at Tarrantino selv vil bidrage med idéer og råd til udviklingen af historien m.m. Noget som garanteret vil hjælpe til med at skille titlen ud fra mængden af middelmådige spilmatiseringer.

Nedenfor finder du et uddrag fra pressemeddelelsen:

LOS ANGELES, CA. October 01, 2002-Black Label Games, a studio of the Games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing (VU Games), announced today that it has signed an agreement to license the interactive rights to Quentin Tarantino's ("Pulp Fiction," "Reservoir Dogs" upcoming Miramax film "Kill Bill."

Slated for theatrical release in October 2003, "Kill Bill," which is being produced by Lawrence Bender through their A Band Apart production company, will star Uma Thurman ("Pulp Fiction," "Beautiful Girls" and Lucy Liu ("Charlie's Angels," "Ally McBeal" . According to the terms of the agreement, Black Label Games will develop, produce and publish at least one video game based on "Kill Bill" for next generation consoles and the PC, with Tarantino serving as creative consultant on the project and providing exclusive film footage for the game's development.

"The combination of our creative and technology teams coupled with Quentin's vision promises to deliver a high-quality interactive entertainment experience," said Jim Wilson, president of Black Label Games. "We are excited to extend this innovative franchise into an action game featuring a unique cast of female characters that will appeal to gamers everywhere."

Additionally, Miramax Films and Black Label Games will co-market and cross-promote the "Kill Bill" title. The video game will launch simultaneously with the home video/DVD in 2Q 2004.

The William Morris Agency, through its William Morris Consulting division, matched the "Kill Bill" video game project with Black Label Games. The final deal was negotiated by WMA and Carlos Goodman of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler on behalf of Tarantino. Steve Hutensky, evp of business affairs, and Barry Littman, vp of business and legal affairs, negotiated the agreement on behalf of Miramax.