Citizen Siege: Oddworld studio's new game & CG film project
Lorne Lanning has confirmed that work has begun on Citizen Siege, the new project from his Oddworld Inhabitants studio. "Citizen Siege was conceived as a game and film from the very beginning," Lanning told GamesIndustry.biz, revealing that John H. Williams will produce the CG animated feature, and Lanning himself will direct. The game concept is currently being shopped around to publishers.Lanning is interested in merging the game and film mediums, hoping that Citizen Siege will become a reference point for future ventures. The idea is that both parts are created simultaneously, influencing each other's courses; rather than one providing the basis for the other. While doing so, it will be important for Lanning and has team to create the right distance between the game and movie. If the finished products demand consumers invest in both, Citizen Siege will have lost a huge chunk of its potential demographic; the group that exclusively watches films -- and does not play games.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Easy_G @ Oct 30th 2006 8:23PM
Wow, I was under the impression that Lanning and the Oddworld studio had moved to only doing movies. Glad to see they changed their mind.
carg0 @ Oct 30th 2006 9:12PM
I remember when Oddworld used to be a big deal throughout the late 90's.
Then they abandoned the fertil grounds of the playstation for the Xbox.
...whoops!
Killer Loki @ Oct 30th 2006 9:24PM
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is one of the most underrated and i might add beautiful games ever to grace the Xbox.. I enjoyed far more than i did Halo 2 - but that's just me
Mark @ Oct 30th 2006 9:53PM
Stranger's Wrath really was gold--pretty much all Oddworld games were, with perhaps the exception of Munch's Odyssey. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out.
pointfour @ Oct 31st 2006 5:48AM
I saw Lorne announce this only 2 days ago, and I even told (albeit without much actual information - damn my crap memory) Joystiq about it. Anyway, from what I heard there, it sounds pretty damn good, and i'll definately keep my eye on it.
Dansk @ Oct 31st 2006 7:26AM
Jubilations! Lanning is a very talented artist. I hope that everything goes great!