Guillermo del Toro to Sign with THQ?

Renowned writer/director Guillermo del Toro is close to signing a development deal with THQ, according to the Los Angeles Times. Moviegoers have dropped serious dough to see del Toro’s works, which include Pan’s Labyrinth and the Hellboy movies. According to LA’s paper:

Guillermo del Toro is finalizing a deal to bring his creative vision to the video game world — and the company is THQ, the Agoura Hills-based game publisher previously known mainly for kid-focused games based on licenses from Pixar and Nickelodeon and its WWE wrestling titles.

The 45-year-old native of Guadalajara, Mexico, did not reveal the name of the company, but people familiar with the matter confirmed to The Times that he was finalizing a deal with THQ, an outfit that recently began focusing on more ambitious games aimed at adults.

By Del Toro’s own prediction, his deal should close within the next few weeks, at which point THQ may provide some details about the projects.

I have a few thoughts on the matter. Firstly, I’m reminded of the comic-book industry. Starting in the late ’80s and booming in the late ’90s, comics became hip with movie and television writers. A flood of popular scribes crossed over to comics — J. Michael Straczynski and Joss Whedon come to mind — which was good and bad. It gave the industry more exposure and led to increased sales. It also made work harder to get for lifelong comics writers. I see the same thing happening to the games business.

Secondly — and more importantly — del Toro better respect my writing for the SmackDown vs. Raw series. If he doesn’t, he’s totally getting a Rock Bottom from me.

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6 thoughts on “Guillermo del Toro to Sign with THQ?”

  1. So are you saying that games will go to crap like the movies are now Ray? That we will have constant reboots of games every few years?

    J. Michael Shardword was the Babylon 5 writer right?

  3. I enjoy his movies a great deal. Let me also say that I enjoy James Camron's movies a great deal. I have not enjoyed any games that have James Camron's attached to it.

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