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After the Success of the “Super Mario Bros. Movie”: Will Video Game Movies Replace Comic Book Blockbusters as Hollywood’s No. 1 Cash Cow?

About two and a half weeks ago Leya Jankowski, editor-in-chief of the journalistic gaming portal MeinMMO, published a provocative opinion piece. In it she puts forward the thesis that that video game adaptations could soon replace the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Hollywood’s surefire number one blockbuster.

In the article titled “Video games replace Marvel as eternal star of the screen” She compares the success stories of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, “The Last Of Us” and “Arcane” to the not always positive MCU headlines of recent months. Your conclusion: The strong upward trend in video game adaptations is offset by a certain downward trend in comic book blockbusters – and in the future, this could lead to video game adaptations even taking the lead…

Definitely worth discussing

Incidentally, Leya Jankowski sees one of the reasons for the success of the video game adaptations in the fact that they ““. And so she predicts at the end of the article: But is that really realistic – or are the three chosen examples just the exception in a sea of ​​crappy video game adaptation flops, from “Doom” to “Alone In The Dark” to “Assassin’s Creed”?

This is definitely worth discussing – and that’s exactly what’s going to happen next: Tonight from 7pm Leya Jankowski will talk to FILMSTARTS YouTube editor Sebastian Gerdshikow on the subject of “Are games the new Marvel?” as part of the big streaming event “Summer FYNG” on Twitch:

That’s behind FYNG!

The “FYNG” presented live on Twitch today stands for “Find Your Next Game” and was originally developed by the GameStar, GamePro and MeinMMO brands (which, like FILMSTARTS, also belong to Webedia) as a replacement program for the unusual E3 games fair in 2020. Eleven editions of the streaming event have now been produced: Either as a live accompaniment to a major event such as gamescom or as a standalone seasonal event at Easter, leading up to Christmas or on Valentine’s Day.

There’s always exclusive material about new video games – and lots of exciting video game talk. “Find Your Next Game” has quickly become a leading brand for the gaming community and industry partners, reaching up to 10,000 viewers* in the live stream and millions of views across all platforms with a constantly growing reach.

Author: Christopher Petersen

Source : Film Starts

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