Dead or Alive Movie Producer Confirmed
Are you a gymnastic, buxotic girl who likes to fight? The casting couch beckons...
Months ago, we brought you news that several Hollywood film companies were sniffing around Tecmo for the rights to make a film based on the well-rounded beat-em-up series Dead or Alive. We have learned that Mindfire Entertainment has won these rights and has commissioned the production of a movie.
Dead or Alive is among the most successful and critically acclaimed fighting series on the video game market today, with accumulated worldwide sales of 3.2 million to date. The latest instalment, Dead Or Alive 3, was a bestseller for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft when it was released November 15, 2001. The series debuted with Dead or Alive for arcade and PlayStation. Dead or Alive 2 was published on the Sega Dreamcast video game console. DOA2: Hardcore was one of the premiere titles at the launch of the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
"To us, Dead or Alive is the perfect motion picture franchise," said Mark A. Altman, COO of Mindfire Entertainment, the award-winning independent production company that produced films such critically-acclaimed films as Free Enterprise and The Specials, starring Rob Lowe. "DOA has set the standard for fighting games on every next-generation gaming console and has a loyal fanbase throughout the world that is eagerly anticipating the release of a feature film based on this extraordinary video game series."
"We have prided our Dead or Alive series on being very dramatic and full of action with a very realistic, true to life feel," said John Inada, Marketing Director, Tecmo, Inc. "It’s only natural that these beloved characters make the leap into movies. We’re very excited to be working with Mindfire on making DOA as successful in motion pictures as it has been in the video game market. We know the millions of DOA fans around the world will be thrilled to see their favourite characters on the big screen in a big budget movie."
The film is due out at some point in 2003. Stay tuned for the all-important casting updates!
Dead or Alive is among the most successful and critically acclaimed fighting series on the video game market today, with accumulated worldwide sales of 3.2 million to date. The latest instalment, Dead Or Alive 3, was a bestseller for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft when it was released November 15, 2001. The series debuted with Dead or Alive for arcade and PlayStation. Dead or Alive 2 was published on the Sega Dreamcast video game console. DOA2: Hardcore was one of the premiere titles at the launch of the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
"To us, Dead or Alive is the perfect motion picture franchise," said Mark A. Altman, COO of Mindfire Entertainment, the award-winning independent production company that produced films such critically-acclaimed films as Free Enterprise and The Specials, starring Rob Lowe. "DOA has set the standard for fighting games on every next-generation gaming console and has a loyal fanbase throughout the world that is eagerly anticipating the release of a feature film based on this extraordinary video game series."
"We have prided our Dead or Alive series on being very dramatic and full of action with a very realistic, true to life feel," said John Inada, Marketing Director, Tecmo, Inc. "It’s only natural that these beloved characters make the leap into movies. We’re very excited to be working with Mindfire on making DOA as successful in motion pictures as it has been in the video game market. We know the millions of DOA fans around the world will be thrilled to see their favourite characters on the big screen in a big budget movie."
The film is due out at some point in 2003. Stay tuned for the all-important casting updates!
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