There are several video games currently being developed that are inspired by upcoming movies from the Stars Collective film intellectual property. One of these games is centered around the Garfield movie, featuring Chris Pratt in the lead role.
According to Deadline’s report, a fund called Stars-Hana is in the process of preparing video games based on various projects by James Wan, Sam Raimi, Roy Lee, and Jon M. Chu. To assist in the production of these games, Chinese corporation Tencent, along with a few other gaming companies, has been brought on board.
The Garfield Movie is Getting a Video Game
The headline here is a video game based on the upcoming The Garfield Movie, due out May 24, 2024. It stars The Super Mario Bros Movie. star Chris Pratt as the titular cat alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, and Ving Rhames. There are no details about what the Garfield video game is about or even its genre at this stage. We don’t know platforms or have a release window.
Elsewhere, video games based on Every House is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee, and The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi, are in the works. Here’s the list in full:
- The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt
- Every House is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee
- The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi
- Hunting Season from James Wan and Don Murphy
- James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu, Mass Extinction and GMO
- The Goxfather with Jon M. Chu
- Memory Lost in Space, based on the novels by Tong Hua
The Garfield Movie, directed by James Wan, has captured the attention of horror enthusiasts. Deadline reports that Wan has referred to it as a film based on the renowned horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft, titled The Call of Cthulhu. The movie revolves around a protagonist who delves into the mysteries of a malevolent cult known as Cthulhu.
Elsewhere, GMO is a sci-fi thriller that revolves around a “newly invented drug that solves a global famine but whose side effects drastically accelerate the ageing process”. And on Mass Extinction: “humans have lost earth to an alien virus, and a research and rescue team is sent down from the moon to deliver a cure to save the human race. On their way to delivering the cure, they must fight off a host of mutated animals and humans.”
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