Zack Snyder Developing Video Games For Electronic Arts

Watchmen director Zack Snyder has become the latest filmmaker to break into the video-game business, signing a deal to develop three original games for Electronic Arts, the nation’s largest third-party publisher, Variety reported.

The deal is similar to one made by EA with Steven Spielberg in 2005. Their first collaboration, a puzzle game for the Nintendo Wii called Boom Blox, was released in the spring to rave reviews but modest sales.

Like Spielberg, Snyder will work with EA’s Los Angeles studio in Playa Vista to produce his games. EA will own the intellectual properties, but under the deal the publisher may turn some or all of them into films that will be produced by Snyder’s Cruel & Unusual Films company, which is run by the director with co-president Deborah Snyder and producer Wesley Coller.

Warner Brothers is making two downloadable games tied to Snyder’s upcoming adaptation of Watchmen, while Brash Entertainment is doing one based on Snyder’s previous film, 300.

Source: Scifi Wire