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Video game film adaptations go from flops to Hollywood gold

Original: Video game film adaptations used to be huge flops. Now studios can’t get enough

Film and TV studios are racing to adapt video games after decades of critical and commercial failures. The Conversation reports that game-based adaptations, once considered box-office poison, have become some of the most sought-after properties in entertainment, with recent projects proving both popular and profitable enough to change studio attitudes.

Why now: Recent successful game adaptations have reversed the genre's bad reputation, drawing industry and audience attention.

The ConversationHollywood studiosvideo game industry

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