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Entertainment company Lionsgate has made a “significant investment” in The Walking Dead developer Telltale Games, the firm has announced.
The investment means that Telltale will begin working on film and television brands owned by Lionsgate, and “bring Lionsgate’s expertise in creating and marketing premium content to Telltale’s unique narrative-driven, storytelling approach to gaming”.
The deal will also see Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer joining Telltale’s Board of Directors.
“The collaboration will also enable the two companies to explore opportunities to co-develop existing and original IP into episodic games and television,” Lionsgate says.
Lionsgate has a library of multiple TV and film brands, including The Hunger Games, The Expendables, Saw, Mad Men, Weeds and Nurse Jackie. It has yet to announce which properties Telltale will get to work on.
“Lionsgate is one of the most innovative, entrepreneurial and impressive content companies in the world today. I’m delighted to welcome an experienced executive like Jon, a leader who shares our unique vision, to our Board,” said Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner.
“Lionsgate has a great track record in developing and marketing feature films as well as platform-defining premium scripted television. This partnership will accelerate Telltale’s ability to create not only original games, but episodic television series based on our game properties – an area at the cutting edge of industry growth.”
Source: cnbc.com
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The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series – Season One
- Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Adventure
