Vorig jaar bracht THQ het zeer vermakelijke Red Faction: Guerrilla uit op de consoles en de PC. Nu gingen er al een tijdje geruchten dat er van deze game een film zou gaan komen, maar vandaag is bekend geworden dat deze nu een twee uur durende pilot gaat worden. Mocht deze een groot succes worden dan is het zo goed als zeker dat er een serie gaat komen.
Syfy has just closed a deal to bring Red Faction to television via a two-hour movie, which will also serve as a back-door pilot. In addition, the next iteration of the Red Faction video-game series will be produced in conjunction with Syfy Games.
"It is the kind of content that fits our genre," Alan Seiffert, senior VP of Syfy Ventures, told B&C. "It is a great fit for a big Syfy Saturday movie, and if it really works, it is a great back-door pilot."
"Both Ghost Hunters and Red Faction are great examples of how we are absolutely committed to [gaming], and it is going to be more than just taking the name, it is going to really be part of the overall experience," Seiffert says.
There is plenty of room to expand that relationship even further. THQ holds the exclusive rights to produce video games based on World Wrestling Entertainment properties, one of which, Smackdown, will be heading to Syfy in the fall.