Paramount Pictures Announces Agreement to Acquire Worldwide Film Rights to Midway Games' 'Fear & Respect'
September 24 2004 - 7:54AM
PR Newswire (US)
Paramount Pictures Announces Agreement to Acquire Worldwide Film
Rights to Midway Games' 'Fear & Respect' Innovative
Urban/Action Adventure Game Currently Being Developed in
Collaboration With Writer/Director John Singleton HOLLYWOOD,
Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paramount Pictures has
reached an agreement to acquire the worldwide film rights to Midway
Games' (NYSE:MWY) "Fear & Respect," a state-of-the-art
videogame based in the intense urban environment of South Central
Los Angeles. Currently being developed in collaboration with
writer/director John Singleton ("Boyz N the Hood," "Baby Boy," "2
Fast 2 Furious," "Shaft"), the exciting urban/action adventure game
is scheduled to be available in the fourth quarter of 2005 for the
PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(R) video
game system from Microsoft. Christine Peters ("How to Lose a Guy in
10 Days") will be collaborating with the game developer to produce
the film. "'Fear & Respect' brings the unique urban experience
of South Central Los Angeles to the gaming world in a way that is
both realistic and exciting," says Peters. "I'm thrilled to be
working with Midway Games to turn this riveting game into an
equally exciting major motion picture." "Fear & Respect," is a
"3rd person" video game about a young man who has to make survival
choices in the urban world of Los Angeles: Does he survive by
inspiring fear, or does he survive by inspiring respect in the
characters he encounters -- and what lessons does he teach by his
actions? The decisions the player makes influences the events (and
ultimately the outcome) of the story. Paramount Pictures is part of
the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world's
largest entertainment and media companies and a leader in the
production, promotion and distribution of entertainment, news,
sports and music. Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer,
publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software.
Midway videogames are available for play on all major video game
platforms, including the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment
system, Xbox (TM) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo
GameCube(TM) and Game Boy (R) Advance. "Fear & Respect" is a
trademark of Midway Home Entertainment Inc. DATASOURCE: Paramount
Pictures CONTACT: Contact: Nancy Kirkpatrick, Executive Vice
President, Paramount Worldwide Publicity, +1-323-956-5824; or
Reilly Brennan, Director of Media Relations of Midway Amusement
Games, LLC, +1-773-961-2557, Web site: http://www.paramount.com/
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