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Familiar-looking Canadian teams with the Weinsteins. Can a King's Speech game be far behind?

By Jeff Gerstmann  |  March 25, 2011


 The new face of licensed video games.
 The new face of licensed video games.
At this point, you've almost certainly encountered Adam Boyes on or around Giant Bomb. When he's not paying the Giant Bomb community to design his Christmas cards, he's popping up in various videos or podcasts from time to time to lend his special brand of expertise. It's led to a few questions, like "what the hell does that guy do?" Today, we have at least a partial answer.

Adam's company, Beefy Media, has teamed up with The Weinstein Company to turn the production company's film and television properties into games. Specifically, Beefy will "oversee all production aspects of the games."

But which properties are actually being turned into games? That part's apparently still a secret. The studio is currently working on Spy Kids 4, Scream 4, a Fraggle Rock movie, and upcoming pictures with great names like Submarine, Dirty Girl, and Butter. So maybe some of those will end up in some kind of interactive format at some point? I would totally play a submarine game called Submarine. Heck, I would play any game called Butter.

We'll start drunk dialing Adam in the middle of the night until we get some hard answers out of him.
Filed under: Beefy Media, Adam Boyes
85 Comments
ErrorOperatoron March 25, 2011 at 12:54 p.m.
Wondering if Beefy Media could make any good Film games!?
Nemuelon March 25, 2011 at 12:55 p.m.
Thats an amazing list of upcoming movies, they clearly need games !
MooseyMcManon March 25, 2011 at 12:55 p.m.
Neat...?
Yummyleeon March 25, 2011 at 12:56 p.m.
Maybe one day this'll lead to my all time dream fighting game crossover of Butter vs Dirty Girl!
Tuggahon March 25, 2011 at 12:56 p.m.
Guess what? These will probably be bad.
glass_flameon March 25, 2011 at 12:56 p.m.
I would love to see Dirty Girl on GameStop shelves. In the D section, right next to Catherine in C.
TheCheese33on March 25, 2011 at 12:57 p.m.
Now would be the perfect time to pitch the Lincoln Force movie to the Weinsteins. Though with The Lincoln Lawyer, the Lincoln assassination movie and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Hollywood may be all Lincolned out!
CaptainCodyon March 25, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.

I can't wait for Butter's sequel Margarine. 
Sinfulon March 25, 2011 at 1 p.m.
Ho-ray! for Video Game news!!...wait a second........
Darkoon March 25, 2011 at 1:01 p.m.
@CaptainCody said:
" I can't wait for Butter's sequel Margarine.  "
I'm gonna wait for the non-hydrogenated edition.
Video_Game_Kingon March 25, 2011 at 1:02 p.m.
Why is the default pic on his wiki page the one that makes him look like Lewis Black?
crusader8463on March 25, 2011 at 1:04 p.m.
Grats on making movie tie in games!
alternateon March 25, 2011 at 1:05 p.m.
Wait Beefy Media is an actual company?  I always assumed it was a money laundering front for organised crime or something.
TheBooyaon March 25, 2011 at 1:07 p.m.
@Tuggah: Hey Tuggah - The whole reason I'm involved is to make sure it's NOT bad. If I thought the stuff would be bad, I wouldn't have partnered up with them! Our goal is to break the mold of crappy Hollywood games. 
 
@Nemuel: With it comes the incredible back catalog as well. The Dimension Films label has an incredible repertoire of IPs in it, and we're excited to dig in. 
 
@ErrorOperator: If we don't you all can fire me.
Whizbangon March 25, 2011 at 1:08 p.m.
What does this mean for the future of Beefy Media's 3DS wrestling game, Leg Finger?
heatDrive88on March 25, 2011 at 1:09 p.m.
@TheBooya: HOT SCOOPS. 
 
Seriously though, congratulations.
LordAndrewon March 25, 2011 at 1:10 p.m.
Fraggle Rock game!
Alphazeroon March 25, 2011 at 1:10 p.m.
Adam was looking for iOS developers in the Bay Area. I'm not Magnum P.I., despite my hat and Ferarri, but this might be a clue.
UberExplodeyon March 25, 2011 at 1:11 p.m.
Butter: 64 multiplayer online. 
heatDrive88on March 25, 2011 at 1:12 p.m.
@TheBooya: Oh and as my first request, I'm saying you should use the Scream film properties and remake them as games in a similar format as Night Trap. 
 

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