Sony Computer Entertainment will be launching a movie download service this summer for the PlayStation 3 in the the United States, according to a report today from the Associated Press.
Confirmed by Kaz Hirai, the service, which will join the likes of Netflix and Xbox Live’s movie downloads service, will also come to Europe and Japan [...]

The estate of Godfather creator Mario Puzo has filed a lawsuit againts Paramount Pictures over revenues for the 2006 video game adaptation of the franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Currently being represented by Puzo’s son Mario, the estate is claiming that Paramount breached a contract made in 1992, which gave Paramount the licensing rights for [...]

Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman is officially on board to direct the Gears of War movie, according to Variety.
Wiseman, whose credits also include the the two Underworld movies and the upcoming comic book adaptation Wanted, will help develop the story alongside screenwriter Chris Morgan.
As for the actual release of the movie, summer [...]

“Flags of our Fathers” star Adam Beach confirmed with MTV News tonight that he’ll be starring in a live-action version of Turok.
“We just finished the animated movie and now we’re going into the feature film movie [which should lens] hopefully in a couple years. We’re about to set up meetings to develop a script and [...]

In even more Hollywood-related video game movie news today, Lionsgate unveiled that Bruce Willis has been cast in the studios’ upcoming adaptation of Eidos’ Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.
Willis will protray one of the game’s lead characters, Adam “Kane” Marcus. Lynch hasn’t been cast at this point, but according to IGN, Billy Bob Thrornton is [...]

Two notable stars joined the cast of Jerry Bruckheimer’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time today, as Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina have both joined the cast according to Variety.
Molina, who is most widely known for his role as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2, will play the role of Sheik Amar, mentor of the [...]

There is more South Park in high-definition coming around the corner, as Comedy Central confirmed with us this afternoon that the feature-length director’s cut version of South Park’s Imaginationland will be arriving on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Monday, June 2.
This will be the second high-definition episode of South Park to hit Xbox Live, with [...]

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will portray the Prince and Princess, respectively, in the upcoming film version of The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and [...]

2K Games announced this morning that BioShock is being developed as a feature film by Universal Studios. In addition to that, it’s going to have some top Hollywood talent behind it as Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) is signed on to direct and John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) is in talks to write the [...]