Lucca Comics & Games, Europe’s number one comic and gaming convention, kicked off the 2023 season on Thursday with the launch of the poster and festival trailer for this year’s event. The 57th Lucca festival will be held in the picturesque Italian medieval city Nov. 1-5.
This 2023 festival theme, Together, and rainbow color additions to the Lucca logo, emphasizes organizers’ focus on diversity and inclusion for this year’s edition.
The 2023 poster was designed by Israeli artists, and twin brothers, cartoonist Asaf Hanuka and The New Yorker illustrator Tomer Hanuka. The brothers develped the concept art for Air Folman’s 2008 Oscar-nominated animated documentary Waltz With Bashir, and have collaborated on several graphic novels together, including Boaz Lavie’s The Divine.
Their design for the Lucca poster mashes up Western and Eastern traditions, with an oriental dragon descending from the sky over Lucca’s historic city.
“The image captures the essence...
This 2023 festival theme, Together, and rainbow color additions to the Lucca logo, emphasizes organizers’ focus on diversity and inclusion for this year’s edition.
The 2023 poster was designed by Israeli artists, and twin brothers, cartoonist Asaf Hanuka and The New Yorker illustrator Tomer Hanuka. The brothers develped the concept art for Air Folman’s 2008 Oscar-nominated animated documentary Waltz With Bashir, and have collaborated on several graphic novels together, including Boaz Lavie’s The Divine.
Their design for the Lucca poster mashes up Western and Eastern traditions, with an oriental dragon descending from the sky over Lucca’s historic city.
“The image captures the essence...
- 6/29/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
YouTube Names VP For Europe, Middle East & Africa
YouTube has appointed Pedro Pina as VP, YouTube, responsible for all aspects of the business across Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea). The exec arrives with 30 years of experienced in global marketing. He first joined Google in 2013 as leader in the Global Client & Agency Solutions team, working with clients including Apple and Coca Cola. In 2019, he was named one of the 10 most influential LGBTQ+ executives in the UK by the British LGBTQ+ awards. “I believe we have just scratched the surface when it comes to what YouTube can bring to people’s lives and to the world. The potential is limitless here in this region so the opportunity to lead the team to our next phase of growth was too good to miss,” said Pina.
Venice Unveils VR Program
The Venice Film Festival has rounded out its Virtual Reality selection with Venice VR Expanded titles announced today.
YouTube has appointed Pedro Pina as VP, YouTube, responsible for all aspects of the business across Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea). The exec arrives with 30 years of experienced in global marketing. He first joined Google in 2013 as leader in the Global Client & Agency Solutions team, working with clients including Apple and Coca Cola. In 2019, he was named one of the 10 most influential LGBTQ+ executives in the UK by the British LGBTQ+ awards. “I believe we have just scratched the surface when it comes to what YouTube can bring to people’s lives and to the world. The potential is limitless here in this region so the opportunity to lead the team to our next phase of growth was too good to miss,” said Pina.
Venice Unveils VR Program
The Venice Film Festival has rounded out its Virtual Reality selection with Venice VR Expanded titles announced today.
- 7/29/2021
- by Tom Grater and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The television adaptation of classic video game Myst has moved forward a level after X-Men: First Class writer Ashley Edward Miller signed on to the Village Roadshow Entertainment Group project.
Miller, who has also written and produced series including Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Black Sails and Lore, will write the pilot and showrun the adaptation.
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Myst, which was first released in 1993, is a first-person graphic adventure video game, created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller and their company Cyan. Village Roadshow will develop and produce alongside the original co-creator Rand Miller and his youngest brother Ryan Miller, as well as Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice at Delve Media.
Miller, who has also written and produced series including Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Black Sails and Lore, will write the pilot and showrun the adaptation.
More from DeadlineVillage Roadshow Adapting 'The Athena Protocol' All-Female Thriller Novel For TelevisionVine Buys Lakeshore Entertainment Library & Int'l Sales Ops, Bringing Under Same Roof As Village Roadshow'Hogan's Heroes' Sequel Series In the Works From Al Ruddy, Village Roadshow & Rough House Pictures
Myst, which was first released in 1993, is a first-person graphic adventure video game, created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller and their company Cyan. Village Roadshow will develop and produce alongside the original co-creator Rand Miller and his youngest brother Ryan Miller, as well as Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice at Delve Media.
- 4/15/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Jun 26, 2019
Myst, the groundbreaking 1993 adventure game, will be the focus of a multimedium franchise blitz, with plans for a movie and TV series.
Myst is probably a name that – if you’re old enough to remember it – you haven’t heard in a Long time. That, however, is about to change in a big way, since Hollywood has set its sights on the long-dormant video game franchise, which, back in the ‘90s was a groundbreaking, immersive adventure into a surreal, sometimes-creepy, world.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, a production company that’s had a slice of proverbial picture pies like The Matrix Trilogy, The Lego Movie, the Robert Downey Jr.-fronted Sherlock Holmes films, the Ocean’s heist movies and even the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker solo movie, just acquired the film and television rights to the Myst franchise. Indeed, the company wasted no time announcing ambitious franchise designs...
Myst, the groundbreaking 1993 adventure game, will be the focus of a multimedium franchise blitz, with plans for a movie and TV series.
Myst is probably a name that – if you’re old enough to remember it – you haven’t heard in a Long time. That, however, is about to change in a big way, since Hollywood has set its sights on the long-dormant video game franchise, which, back in the ‘90s was a groundbreaking, immersive adventure into a surreal, sometimes-creepy, world.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, a production company that’s had a slice of proverbial picture pies like The Matrix Trilogy, The Lego Movie, the Robert Downey Jr.-fronted Sherlock Holmes films, the Ocean’s heist movies and even the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker solo movie, just acquired the film and television rights to the Myst franchise. Indeed, the company wasted no time announcing ambitious franchise designs...
- 6/26/2019
- Den of Geek
“Myst,” the influential video game that helped usher in the CD-rom era, may inspire an ambitious multi-platform film and television universe.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the co-producer and co-financier of the “Matrix” and “Sherlock Holmes” franchises, has acquired the rights to the first-person graphic adventure. For those born post-90s, “Myst” was wildly popular and hailed as a bold step forward in gaming when it debuted in 1993. It took players to a magical island and had them solve a series of puzzles. The graphics were considered to be state-of-the-art, and some fans had a quasi-religious attachment to its mythology.
“Myst” inspired several sequels and spinoffs over the decades, but its primary story follows Atrus, grandson of a woman who discovered the D’ni civilization in a cavern deep below the New Mexico desert. These mystical people create books that link to other worlds, but the discovery triggers a cultural clash...
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the co-producer and co-financier of the “Matrix” and “Sherlock Holmes” franchises, has acquired the rights to the first-person graphic adventure. For those born post-90s, “Myst” was wildly popular and hailed as a bold step forward in gaming when it debuted in 1993. It took players to a magical island and had them solve a series of puzzles. The graphics were considered to be state-of-the-art, and some fans had a quasi-religious attachment to its mythology.
“Myst” inspired several sequels and spinoffs over the decades, but its primary story follows Atrus, grandson of a woman who discovered the D’ni civilization in a cavern deep below the New Mexico desert. These mystical people create books that link to other worlds, but the discovery triggers a cultural clash...
- 6/26/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has taken film and TV rights to the bestselling video game Myst, with plans to expand the existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe that would include film, scripted and unscripted TV content. Village Roadshow will develop and work alongside the game’s original co-creator Rand Miller, as well as his brother Ryan Miller and Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice at Delve Media.
Myst, released in 1993, is a first-person graphic adventure game created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller via Cyan, the company they founded.
Village Roadshow will develop Myst into content across all divisions with the studio’s entire creative team working together to adapt these projects across film and television. Under the direction of its controlling shareholder, Vine Alternative Investments, Vreg recently set a new mandate with the appointment of CEO Steve Mosko to transform into a broad-spectrum content creator with an emphasis on television,...
Myst, released in 1993, is a first-person graphic adventure game created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller via Cyan, the company they founded.
Village Roadshow will develop Myst into content across all divisions with the studio’s entire creative team working together to adapt these projects across film and television. Under the direction of its controlling shareholder, Vine Alternative Investments, Vreg recently set a new mandate with the appointment of CEO Steve Mosko to transform into a broad-spectrum content creator with an emphasis on television,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg) has acquired the film and TV rights to best-selling video game franchise “Myst,” the company announced on Wednesday. The company will rely on and expand upon the game’s existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe including film, scripted and unscripted television content.
Created in 1993 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller through their company, Cyan, “Myst” is a series of first-person graphic adventure-puzzle video games. Village Roadshow will develop and produce alongside the original co-creator Rand Miller and his youngest brother Ryan Miller, as well as Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice at Delve Media.
Vreg will take a full-scale approach to developing “Myst” into content across all divisions with the Company’s entire creative team working together to adapt these projects across film and television. Under the direction of its controlling shareholder, Vine Alternative Investments, Vreg recently set a new mandate with the appointment of...
Created in 1993 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller through their company, Cyan, “Myst” is a series of first-person graphic adventure-puzzle video games. Village Roadshow will develop and produce alongside the original co-creator Rand Miller and his youngest brother Ryan Miller, as well as Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice at Delve Media.
Vreg will take a full-scale approach to developing “Myst” into content across all divisions with the Company’s entire creative team working together to adapt these projects across film and television. Under the direction of its controlling shareholder, Vine Alternative Investments, Vreg recently set a new mandate with the appointment of...
- 6/26/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Vreg feature development, co-fi slate includes Joaquin Phoenix origins story Joker.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg) has acquired film and TV rights to the wildly popular video game Myst as it expands its proudction mandate.
The company plans to expand the game’s mythology and develop a multi-platform universe that covers film, scripted and unscripted television content.
The first-person game was created by Rand and Robyn Miller through their Cyan and launched in 1993, earning wide popularity for its mystery-adventure format.
Set in a world with more than 10,000 years of history, Myst chiefly follows saga Atrus, the brilliant grandson of Anna,...
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg) has acquired film and TV rights to the wildly popular video game Myst as it expands its proudction mandate.
The company plans to expand the game’s mythology and develop a multi-platform universe that covers film, scripted and unscripted television content.
The first-person game was created by Rand and Robyn Miller through their Cyan and launched in 1993, earning wide popularity for its mystery-adventure format.
Set in a world with more than 10,000 years of history, Myst chiefly follows saga Atrus, the brilliant grandson of Anna,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
News Aaron Birch 18 Oct 2013 - 02:35
Cyan Worlds, creator of Myst and Riven, has announced its Kickstarter project, Obduction...
The Myst series is one of the most successful adventure sagas of all time, winning awards left, right, and centre, as well as plenty of critical acclaim. The distinctly bizarre adventures, which dropped players into strange worlds filled with puzzles and mysteries to be solved, spanned several games, and have been re-released on modern systems, and even updated to make the most of modern tech (Real Myst).
It's been a long time since we last saw Cyan in action, and after much nudging by fans, the team, headed by Rand Miller, is set to work on a spiritual successor to Myst. Called Obduction, the new game, which will be powered by the Unreal 4 engine, will see players abducted and dropped into a strange, alien world, complete with outlandish vistas and a...
Cyan Worlds, creator of Myst and Riven, has announced its Kickstarter project, Obduction...
The Myst series is one of the most successful adventure sagas of all time, winning awards left, right, and centre, as well as plenty of critical acclaim. The distinctly bizarre adventures, which dropped players into strange worlds filled with puzzles and mysteries to be solved, spanned several games, and have been re-released on modern systems, and even updated to make the most of modern tech (Real Myst).
It's been a long time since we last saw Cyan in action, and after much nudging by fans, the team, headed by Rand Miller, is set to work on a spiritual successor to Myst. Called Obduction, the new game, which will be powered by the Unreal 4 engine, will see players abducted and dropped into a strange, alien world, complete with outlandish vistas and a...
- 10/18/2013
- by aaronbirch
- Den of Geek
Rand and Robyn Miller’s mysterious island world of Myst may soon make it to the silver screen. Not so long ago, a collective of folks called the Mysteria Film Group purchased the rights to the game and book series from its creator, Cyan Worlds. Just today, according to Variety, Roserock Films and Gran Via Productions have been officially brought on as production partners.
Mysteria’s production journal reveals that their film won’t be a directly based on the game but on the second installment of the Rand Miller-authored book series, Myst: The Book of Ti’ana. They’re currently looking for a fresh writer to bring aboard to peruse the first draft of the script and notes and “build” on the work they’ve done over the past few years.
Myst has a fairly rich narrative explored within and outside of the original game. Should they lure...
Mysteria’s production journal reveals that their film won’t be a directly based on the game but on the second installment of the Rand Miller-authored book series, Myst: The Book of Ti’ana. They’re currently looking for a fresh writer to bring aboard to peruse the first draft of the script and notes and “build” on the work they’ve done over the past few years.
Myst has a fairly rich narrative explored within and outside of the original game. Should they lure...
- 10/4/2010
- by Wejo
- GeekTyrant
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