Second Annual Hollywood and Games Summit to Celebrate Collaboration Between Movies and Video GamesElite Forums to Discuss Packaging Cross-Platform Media Deals, Leveraging Hollywood Talent, Improving Production Methods, Influencing Independent Development and MorePRNewswire LOS ANGELES, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The second annual Hollywood and Games Summit (http://www.hollywoodandgames.com/), presented by The Hollywood Reporter and the Game Developers Conference, will unite top executives to address the increasing collaboration between film and interactive entertainment, and the resulting opportunity to improve production methods and business models. The event will take place on June 26-27, 2007, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Uniting to exchange ideas in an entertainment-specific forum, Hollywood studio and videogame executives will collaborate to identify creative business ideas that may lead to the next hottest videogame or movie blockbuster. The summit will also allow leaders from the respective industries to interact and discuss best practices for strategically marketing original intellectual property. The 2007 Hollywood and Games summit will feature business and creative visionaries from both industries addressing the following topics: * How to build collaborative relationships between the game and film industry * Packaging a new media deal -- creating an attractive cross-platform property between film, TV, music, game, mobile and Internet * How Hollywood talent is relevant in the interactive medium * Conversations between top indie film producers and indie game executives * The future of game-enabled interactive narratives -- featuring new dimensions in story-telling * Managing a unified system, highlighting the simultaneous creation of films and games * Using game engine technology in the film production process * Marketing properties with alternative reality games The event will include focused sessions, small-scale exhibits and a reception, enabling both sides to network. "Packaging deals and creative co-development between Hollywood and games talent are achieving a level of depth far beyond simple licensing," said Jamil Moledina, executive director of the Game Developers Conference (GDC). "By featuring leading voices from both entertainment industries sharing their successful experiences, mixed results, and collaborative breakthroughs, we have all the ingredients for attendees to create groundbreaking entertainment." "The entertainment industry is at a turning point, where the technology and creativity of the gaming sector is changing the way Hollywood approaches storytelling and redefining the relationship with the audience. It's a very dynamic convergence, and very interesting to note the prime movers who are making it happen," said Paula Parisi, VP and Executive Editor of The Hollywood Reporter. The summit is supported by an esteemed advisory board made up of seasoned industry decision-makers including: * Seamus Blackley, Agent, CAA * Guillermo del Torro, Director, Pan's Labyrinth * John Gaeta, Academy Award winner for Visual Effects on The Matrix * Yair Landau, Vice Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment and President, Sony Pictures Digital * Lorne Lanning, President, Oddworld Inhabitants * Jordan Mechner, Writer and Director, including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story * Dave Perry, Founder, Shiny Entertainment, and Principal, GameConsultants.com * Jim Ward, Senior VP, Lucasfilm, and President, LucasArts * Neil Young, Vice President & General Manager, Electronic Arts Los Angeles Speakers will be added to the lineup on a continuous basis. More information about the Hollywood and Games Summit including registration is now available online at http://www.hollywoodandgames.com/. If you are interested in speaking at the Hollywood and Games Summit, please contact Jane Pinckard, Conference Manager, at jpinckard@cmp.com or 415.947.6274. For press credentials, please contact Megan Levinson, The Rosen Group, 212.255.8455, ext 213 or Megan@rosengrouppr.com. About the CMP Game Group (http://www.cmpgame.com/) A core provider of essential information to the professional game industry, the CMP Game Group offers market-defining content, and drives community through its award winning lineup of print, online and event products. These include Game Developer magazine, the Webby Award-winning Gamasutra.com, SeriousGamesSource.com, GameCareerGuide.com, the Game Developers Conference, the Austin Game Developers Conference, GDC China, GDC Mobile, the Serious Games Summit, the Hollywood and Games Summit, the Game Career Seminar Series, the Independent Games Festival, and the Game Developers Choice Awards. For more information, please visit http://www.cmpgame.com/. About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. About The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/) The Hollywood Reporter is a must-read for entertainment's most powerful, influential people, with more than 175,000 key decision makers worldwide relying on the brand that enables success in a continually evolving business and creative environment. 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The privately held company has more than 42,000 employees and is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and New York, USA. SOURCE: CMP Game Group CONTACT: Megan Rice Levinson, of The Rosen Group for CMP Game Group, Web site: http://www.cmpgame.com/ |