Strategy First Partners with Union Entertainment to Develop The Jagged Alliance Feature Film!
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on March 09, 2007 4:06:26 PM
Software publisher Strategy First, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Silverstar Holdings, has partnered with Los
Angeles-based video game and film production company, Union
Entertainment, to adapt Strategy First's hit video game franchise
"Jagged Alliance" into a feature film.
Union and Strategy First have
signed on Nick Nunziata (Grizzly Park, Meg) to help develop and
co-produce the project. The original "Jagged Alliance" game was
released in 1994 and has spawned five sequels, with another currently
under development at Strategy First.
The project's title,
"Jagged Alliance", describes the cutthroat relationships between
members of a lethal mercenary team whose only true allegiance is to the
highest bidder. Each a specialist in his or her own discipline, these
operatives know that in order to survive their missions, they must rely
on, but never dare trust, each other. The team is assembled from the
best of the best by the Alliance of International Mercenaries, an
apolitical private organization with its own covert agenda.
"“Jagged
Alliance' is high on character and action, but with a dark humor that
fans relish," says Union President Richard Leibowitz. "“Jagged
Alliance' has a solid premise, and its character-driven game story
makes it much better suited to film adaptation than many other game
properties. Those elements are key to successful game-to-film
translations."
"Jagged Alliance is a great game franchise with
dynamic characters and personalities that belong on the silver screen.
This project is a brilliant take on the property and we anticipate a
truly original picture coming out of this series." says Emanuel Wall,
Strategy First's Business Development Manager.