Alan Moore hints at making video game
The creator of comic books including Watchmen and V for Vendetta has hinted he's working on a transmedia project including a video game
Legendary comic book writer Alan Moore has long sought to distance himself from adaptations of his creations, which include such wonders as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. However, he's now taking the bull by the horns with a transmedia project which might include a video game.
The revelation came during a Q&A at an event celebrating his fine magazine Dodgem Logic last night in London, where Moore was asked if he had considered making video games.
Answering in a roundabout sort of way, the magician explained his stance on adaptations. He scoffed at the idea of making his comics into movies, saying they were written as comics and "the clue was in the word 'comic.'" Unfortunately, companies owning the rights were more keen on it all. Moore played no part in the movie adaptations of his comics, and avoided watching them. He's famously asked for his name to be removed from credits and takes no money for himself, insisting it instead goes to the comics' artists.
However, Moore revealed that he is now looking at a project created with a number of different mediums in mind. While it's evidently not settled yet, he said there may be "possibly some surprising stuff happening in the next 12 months"
"You didn't hear it from me," Moore added.
Alan Moore's work has largely avoided being made into video games, save for a few low-key and forgettable movie tie-ins like Watchmen: The End is Nigh and Constantine.
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The creator of comics including Watchmen and V for Vendetta has hinted he may be working on a transmedia project including video games.-
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As much as I love Moore's work - he can be a goddamn baby when it comes to his DC-owned properties.
See: the Absolute Edition of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier.
"Oh - I was promising you a record of me singing a song from the story itself? You wanted maybe a script - like you got with the rest? Fuck DC - you get none of that. Just bigger. Fuck you, DC."
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Side track: About a year ago DC has a management change and was hinting that they were going to revisit the Watchmen universe.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/09/alan-moore-speaks-watchmen-2-to-adi-tantimedh/
I'm fairly sure he will never have anything to do with it but at the same time, I'm sure DC will do it someday and we will see it in video game form.
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The story is that when he started ABC Moore wanted to help get the artists more money up front so he sold the rights to Jim Lee's Wildstorm (If you keep the rights then you might make more money long term but the short-term pay is less). Then Lee sold Wildstorm to DC and so Moore was working with DC again. For some reason League of Ex Gents was a different contract.
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Moore is kind of a ludite from what I've heard. I seem to remember reading interviews where he said he doesn't really use the internet or watch current television so I would be surprised if he means videogames. He has released cd's before so I would think that he might mean film/music/audio/text transmedia rather than videogames.
Of course I might be wrong or he's changed his mind.-
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I was there and the question from the audience that sparked his response and reveal was, ah, I think "Have you considered making video games, and if so can we make it?" or words to that effect.
I hadn't at all expected anything about video games to come up that night and was there purely for fun, so it took me a while to realise I should remember some of that, but in context it definitely seemed to be hinting that games are one possible path for the new project.
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I always go back to this interview with Liefeld whenever I hear about Moore looking to team up with anyone. Still hilarious years later. Of course, can you believe everything Liefeld has to say? Of course not.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/ill-lyteracy/rob-liefeld-shoots-on-alan-moo/
It's still comedy gold.