Nick Van Dyk, Activision Blizzard Studios' co-president, and also a Disney veteran, talks about the power of video games all over different forms of media.
Part of the company's plan is to buy "Candy Crush" from its developer King Digital Studios for $5.9 billion and then make a film in Hollywood. The game developer has created Activision Blizzard Studios, which will check on the development of film and television projects according to the main franchises of the film.
Development is about to start for the new "Skylanders Academy" TV series, which is adapted to the video game's franchise that sold over 250 million action figures, and $3 billion toys to life around four years ago. Producer Eric Rogers (Futurama) is leading the animated series, which will have Justin Long as the voice talent of Spyro, Jonathan Banks as Eruptor, Ashley Tisdale as Stealth Elf, while Glumshanks will be voiced by Norm Macdonald.
Nick Van Dyk said that Activision Blizzard Studios aims to create good entertainment instead of trying to make a promotion for a game.
As of the other news, the last five installments of "Call of Duty" have gathered more than $1 billion in profits, however, they have also maintained the vast number of fans as well as helped a complete eSports set-up that will be developing with "Black Ops 3" in 2016.
Activision will make their choices open for its funding and distribution of TV shows and films, according to Van Dyk.
Van Dyk says Activision Blizzard Studios will keep its options open when it comes to distribution and financing for movies and TV shows.
Activision Blizzard Studios is in the usual development for any firm with strong storylines, games and characters, this is based on the views of Digital World Research's CEO, P. J. McNealy. Activision has an amazing collection of properties within 30 years like "Hearthstone," "World of Warcraft," "Guitar Hero," "Star Craft," "Heroes of Warcraft," and recently, "Candy Crush."
