14 DAY TRIAL // Electronic Arts is slowly but surely becoming an entertainment company, not limiting itself to gaming anymore but also branching out in the movie-making industry. It has now become a great strategy to create new types of media that will accompany a game's release, as was the case with Dead Space, which received both a comic and an animated movie, Dead Space: Redemption, at its launch, and is now preparing to see a full-fledged motion picture.
The next game to benefit from such a treatment is the upcoming Dante's Inferno title, based on Dante Alighieri's epic poem, the Divine Comedy. The game, which hasn't received a concrete release date yet, is developed by the same studio that was behind Dead Space, EA Redwood Shores, and will follow Dante's adventures through the nine circles of hell in search of his beloved Beatrice.
Now, EA has announced that, in collaboration with Starz Media’s Film Roman, it will release an animated movie that will detail the adventures of Dante through the dreaded place. It will expand the adventures told in the game, allowing for more subtle things to appear and be developed. Some of the team members that worked on Dead Space: Redemption will also be a part of this project, which will gain an additional twist, as multiple studios will be in charge of each of the nine circles, allowing for them to be different from one another.
“The animated feature will be a great companion piece to the game,” said Jonathan Knight, executive producer and creative director for Dante’s Inferno. “The feature will explore aspects of the poem that the game does not, and will provide more insight into the characters and the unique story adaptation that the game has established. It’s a very cool project, and we are having a blast collaborating with the talented team that Starz has assembled.”
Don't forget that Dante's Inferno also has a full-length motion picture already commissioned by Electronic Arts, meaning that we will literally be assaulted by adaptations of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece.