3 ms·
HBO and Scott Rudin secure rights to TV Show about Indie Game Developers
- RobLach 15y agoContrary to what the article states, the current talks do not state that it will be a comedy series, but a drama.
- sp332 15y agoThis link explains the discrepancy: https://www.facebook.com/IndieGameTheMovie/posts/352368818109093 https://www.facebook.com/IndieGameTheMovie/posts/35236881810... Basically, HBO has a "half hour" department, which does basically all comedies, and a "one hour" department which are generally dramas. This show will be a drama, but since it's in the "half-hour" department, it's organizationally known as "comedy".
- Cushman 15y agoTrivia: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was the first BBC Radio Comedy to be recorded in stereo. This was bureaucratically impossible, so it was initially classified as a Radio Drama.
- robododo 15y agoColor me dubious. Just check out Rudin's work on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748784/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748784/ That's a lot of solid movies. I have a hard time believing he'd take something so solid and totally screw it up. HBO series have a lot of credibility, in general, as well. So I'll hold my breath that it doesn't paint indie/startup developers as total screw-ups.
- thomasgerbe 15y ago"HBO series have a lot of credibility, in general, as well. So I'll hold my breath that it doesn't paint indie/startup developers as total screw-ups." I'll give them benefit of the doubt. As a huge fan of 24/7 for Hockey, they've given incredible insight into the game that nearly all fans of hockey and documentaries can enjoy.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- phillryu 15y agoI'm excited for the fictional game concepts they develop over the course of the show (if it happens). And I hope they release those concepts as real games as a part of the show's marketing.