While Mortal Kombat 1 and the announcement of the Kombat Pack 1 roster has been the main gaming news related of the San Diego Comic Con (ion midst of the dual SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strike that made all theaters, TV and movies related announcement going without much hype), we got some related news in both topics.
Playstation Productions is getting ready with the premiere of Gran Turismo movie heading to theaters, but it has been a while since we last heard of the proposed Ghost Of Tsushima movie that will have Chad Stahelski serving as director.
We already know that the success of the sequel of the Sonic The Hedgehog movie brought not only Knuckles in a live movie, but motivating both Sega and Paramount to green light a Knuckles TV series which have news today.
While it is well documented how Hideo Kojima and Konami parted ways, many of the facts and events are just rumors and not official details or facts. It is highly probable that there is a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) that Konami forced Kojima to agree, the well-known gaming creator speak about the genesis of the new Kojima Productions.
It was the 6th weekend of The Super Mario Bros. as the movie was beginning to arrive on paid on-demand service, prior to physical medium release, the first product of Nintendo and Illumination collaboration set a few more records.
For 4 weeks straight, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has beaten the theaters chart and since premiere weekend, has been breaking records, but took the most anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe newest to give it the 1st place spot, but there is happiness with Chris Pratt.
The next big hit of Playstation Productions for theaters will be a movie based around the gaming community of Gran Turismo and finally we got the first theatrical trailer which showcase what we can expect in the movie.
As forecasts pretty much nail it, the first foray of Nintendo in making a movie with a majority of creative control along with Illumination have managed to join the lovely list of the billion dollar movie and it is a WAHOO for The Super Mario Bros. Movie.