HOLLYWOOD - Filmmaker Brett Ratner is planning to make a string of video-game-inspired movies, after signing a deal with developer Activision.
The Rush Hour director's new company, Brett Ratner Brands, has created commercials for new Activision game Guitar Hero, which aired on TV during the finale of American Idol on Wednesday.
And he is hoping to use his relationship with the company to take a slew of computer games to Hollywood.
Ratner tells industry publication Variety, "The games business is much more exciting than the movie business right now. I will be doing movies that come from video games, (now) that I have access to the Activision brain."
Activision is the company behind the Quake, Doom and Call of Duty video-game series.
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