Halloween, Scream Movie Studio Getting into Games

The film studio behindHalloween,Grindhouse, andScary Movieis getting into the games business, opening the door for new videogames based on its properties.

The Weinstein Company announced today the creation of TWC Games, a label formed with the help of videogame consultancy firm Beefy Media. The deal will help TWC Games to find developers and publishers to produce its new games which, from the sound of it, might have a focus on the digital side of the industry.

"The video game marketplace is changing at such a rapid rate,"said Weinstein co-chairman Bob Weinstein."With all of the digital platforms, there are so many opportunities to broaden our audience with compelling, high quality, cost-efficient, video game entertainment."

The Weinstein brothers co-founded Miramax Films in 1979, which would go on to distributeClerksandPulp Fictionbefore being sold to Disney. The duo then formed TWC in 2005. Some of TWC's properties are specifically mentioned in the announcement, includingScream,Hellraiser,Halloween,Scary Movie, andChildren of the Corn. With the exception ofScary Movie, the company clearly has a sizable stable of horror films to based its videogames on. Given the success ofDead SpaceandResident Evil, that could be a genre that TWC Games chooses to focus on. It's also possible the fact that primarily horror films were highlighted is simply a coincidence.

Were aHalloweengame made, it wouldn't be the first. There was an Atari 2600 gamereleasedin 1983 based on the original movie. And although its box art featured the same images as the movie's posters, the game itself was devoid of any further connection to the big-screen version, including character names. Some imagination was required to connect the game's knife-wielding antagonist to Michael Myers, who went unnamed in the manual.

"Mobile, social, and console platforms"are noted as the potential platforms for TWC Games, so it's at least claiming it won't exclusively focus on retail console releases or Facebook games. Beefy Media will"oversee all production aspects of the games."A post on Beefy'sblognotes,"{W}e have a bunch of products in development,"although you probably shouldn't count on hearing about the particulars anytime soon.

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