A short blurb on a LinkedIn member’s profile seems to have outed the existence of Sniper Elite 4. The details, found on the page of an employee at Chinese company Adia Entertainment seem to reveal that the sequel is already in development.
With that said, developer for the Sniper Elite games, Rebellion, are being coy by neither confirming or denying its existence either way. Co-founder of the studio Jason Kingsley told VideoGamer.com that the team haven’t “announced a new entry in the Sniper Elite series,” but that they’re “gearing up to announce a new Rebellion game soon.”
To be honest we’re flattered that people are actively searching out for a new Sniper Elite title, and we certainly don’t mind being mentioned next to projects like Black Ops 3 and Unreal! However the person in question doesn’t work for Rebellion and we haven’t announced a...
With that said, developer for the Sniper Elite games, Rebellion, are being coy by neither confirming or denying its existence either way. Co-founder of the studio Jason Kingsley told VideoGamer.com that the team haven’t “announced a new entry in the Sniper Elite series,” but that they’re “gearing up to announce a new Rebellion game soon.”
To be honest we’re flattered that people are actively searching out for a new Sniper Elite title, and we certainly don’t mind being mentioned next to projects like Black Ops 3 and Unreal! However the person in question doesn’t work for Rebellion and we haven’t announced a...
- 2/15/2016
- by Joe Pring
- We Got This Covered
They wanted to make a medieval Fistful of Dollars. They ended up with a cult hit that triggered the sword and sorcery boom. Now, Hawk the Slayer is set to return – with better fights and special effects, but still plenty of cheese
Back in 1980, Terry Marcel kicked off the cinematic sword and sorcery boom that would give us Excalibur, Conan, Dragonslayer and Willow with a low-budget opus called Hawk the Slayer. Shot in six weeks in Buckinghamshire for £600,000, it featured the handsome but wooden John Terry as Hawk, who – with his flying “mindsword” and mismatched allies (witch, elf, dwarf, giant) – sets out to rescue a nun from his own deformed brother Vultan, played by Jack Palance at his scenery-chewing worst. Now, 35 years on, Marcel is finally preparing the follow-up: Hawk the Hunter. It’s not quite the longest a British director has waited to make a sequel to a cult hit,...
Back in 1980, Terry Marcel kicked off the cinematic sword and sorcery boom that would give us Excalibur, Conan, Dragonslayer and Willow with a low-budget opus called Hawk the Slayer. Shot in six weeks in Buckinghamshire for £600,000, it featured the handsome but wooden John Terry as Hawk, who – with his flying “mindsword” and mismatched allies (witch, elf, dwarf, giant) – sets out to rescue a nun from his own deformed brother Vultan, played by Jack Palance at his scenery-chewing worst. Now, 35 years on, Marcel is finally preparing the follow-up: Hawk the Hunter. It’s not quite the longest a British director has waited to make a sequel to a cult hit,...
- 7/6/2015
- by Nick Curtis
- The Guardian - Film News
Legendary swords-and-sorcery film Hawk the Slayer is to get a sequel, 35 years after the original became a cult hit. The 1980 film, which starred John Terry and Jack Palance, has become a true cult classic – famously referred to in Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, and Edgar Wright’s seminal comedy Spaced – and a sequel has been talked about since the original film was released.
Rebellion have announced that writer and director Terry Marcel – who helmed the original movie back in 1980 – has agreed with Jason Kingsley OBE, Rebellion’s CEO, on a deal which will see a Kickstarter launched to part-fund the long-talked-about sequel, called Hawk the Hunter. Rebellion will also invest in the movie, with Jason and fellow Rebellion director Chris Kingsley acting as producers. The Oxford-based company, renowned for games titles such as Aliens vs Predator and Sniper Elite, will assist in the Kickstarter campaign and has also acquired the games...
Rebellion have announced that writer and director Terry Marcel – who helmed the original movie back in 1980 – has agreed with Jason Kingsley OBE, Rebellion’s CEO, on a deal which will see a Kickstarter launched to part-fund the long-talked-about sequel, called Hawk the Hunter. Rebellion will also invest in the movie, with Jason and fellow Rebellion director Chris Kingsley acting as producers. The Oxford-based company, renowned for games titles such as Aliens vs Predator and Sniper Elite, will assist in the Kickstarter campaign and has also acquired the games...
- 7/2/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Channel 4 has announced the establishment of a new games publishing arm.
All 4 Games will launch this Summer in Glasgow and be led by Channel 4's current Games Commissioning Editor Colin Macdonald.
"Channel 4 is renowned for working with growing creative companies and I'm delighted that we're able to throw even more of its weight behind the games industry," said Macdonald.
"With over 1.5m apps for users to choose from now, discoverability has become the biggest problem facing mobile game developers so it's exciting to be able to do even more to support them and promote their amazing work to a wider audience."
Chief Executive of Channel 4 David Abraham added: "Channel 4 has a successful record for commissioning critically acclaimed games.
"I'm pleased that with the launch of All 4 Games we are able to extend our support for this hugely important part of the creative sector and help...
All 4 Games will launch this Summer in Glasgow and be led by Channel 4's current Games Commissioning Editor Colin Macdonald.
"Channel 4 is renowned for working with growing creative companies and I'm delighted that we're able to throw even more of its weight behind the games industry," said Macdonald.
"With over 1.5m apps for users to choose from now, discoverability has become the biggest problem facing mobile game developers so it's exciting to be able to do even more to support them and promote their amazing work to a wider audience."
Chief Executive of Channel 4 David Abraham added: "Channel 4 has a successful record for commissioning critically acclaimed games.
"I'm pleased that with the launch of All 4 Games we are able to extend our support for this hugely important part of the creative sector and help...
- 4/17/2015
- Digital Spy
Sniper Elite V2 is the revision/reboot-cum-sequel to Rebellion’s 2005 release Sniper Elite. A game which is remembered by fans and immortalised on Youtube, for being a genuinely challenging, but ultimately rewarding mix of risk and reward gameplay. The premise was simple, you’re a WWII era American sniper behind enemy lines, picking off Nazi’s from the other side of a scope. The challenge arose from the realistic ballistics, which demanded the player compensate for gravity, wind and other factors such as the character’s breathing. -You know, like that mission in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare where you sneak through the grass, get to a tower and shoot a nasty, leather wearing fellow in the arm. Well Sniper Elite was a game dedicated to that idea of infiltration and then elimination, it also gifted players who mastered the demanding gameplay with a visual orgasm (à la gory kill cams). That’s right,...
- 3/23/2012
- by Jim Cross
- Obsessed with Film
2000Ad properties are perfect for cinema, according to Rebellion head Jason Kingsley. The executive told Cbr that stories from the sci-fi anthology would be ideal for the big screen because they are "visceral" and "stylish". Kingsley said that 2000Ad characters are "very different to your normal spandex-clad beefcake superhero - for one they're mostly not superheroes, they're cool and stylish but flawed and unashamedly visceral, with strong back stories and the potential for great scripts", adding: "In other words, they're perfect (more)...
- 11/16/2011
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
2000 Ad has confirmed that it is in discussions for two Hollywood movies based on its properties. Rumours have been circling that a Grant Morrison-penned Rogue Trooper movie is in the works. Jason Kingsley, CEO of 2000 Ad publisher Rebellion, discussed the two film projects, but stopped short of confirming the Rogue Trooper rumours. "Everyone's seen the explosion in comic origin movies over the last ten years," Kingsley told Comic Book Resources. "But 2000 Ad's characters are very different to your normal spandex-clad beefcake superhero - for one they're mostly not superheroes, they're cool and stylish but flawed and unashamedly visceral, with strong backstories and the potential for great scripts. In (more)...
- 11/16/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Abaddon Books has struck a deal with Multistory Films to bring Scott Andrews' post-apocalyptic novel School's Out to the big screen.
School's Out is part of Abaddon's popular Afterblight Chronicles series. It's been described as Attack the Block meets Lord of the Flies and follows the final days of St Mark's School for Boys where teachers are killing each other, the prefect is experimenting with crucifixion and the rival gang from across town has decided that ritualistic cannibalism is the way to go.
Multistory Films is a new UK-based production company, which recently completed post-production on its debut feature film, a low-budget horror thriller called The Harsh Light of Day. This will be closely followed by art house feature Verity's Summer, written and directed by Short film Palme D'Or nominee Benjamin Crowe.
Jonathan Oliver, editor-in-chief of Abaddon Books, said: "We're delighted that the quality of Scott's work on School's Out...
School's Out is part of Abaddon's popular Afterblight Chronicles series. It's been described as Attack the Block meets Lord of the Flies and follows the final days of St Mark's School for Boys where teachers are killing each other, the prefect is experimenting with crucifixion and the rival gang from across town has decided that ritualistic cannibalism is the way to go.
Multistory Films is a new UK-based production company, which recently completed post-production on its debut feature film, a low-budget horror thriller called The Harsh Light of Day. This will be closely followed by art house feature Verity's Summer, written and directed by Short film Palme D'Or nominee Benjamin Crowe.
Jonathan Oliver, editor-in-chief of Abaddon Books, said: "We're delighted that the quality of Scott's work on School's Out...
- 5/27/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Did you ever see Avp: Alien vs. Predator? How about Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem or Predators, the 2010 reimagining of Arnie's 1987 classic? I myself saw all three and, as a long-running fan of both the Alien and Predator series, was left severely disappointed and frustrated by all three. What - to this day - I cannot understand is how anyone could take such a wonderful concept, gift-wrapped, and churn out three consecutive pieces of s**t? Just think about it for a moment; Predator told the story of a seemingly indestructible alien hunter - one lauded in Central American folklore as a frightening legend - tearing through Us commandos as if they were infants. Similarly, the Alien franchise gave birth to a frightening race of lizard-like extraterrestrials who, beside their devastating size and seemingly limitless numbers, bled acid and spawned young who liked nothing better than to seek refuge amongst your chest cavity.
- 2/7/2011
- Shadowlocked
Amber Entertainment and Rebellion Publishing have picked up the film rights to Paul Finch's medieval thriller novel "Stronghold" according to Variety.
Tom Fickling will adapt the screenplay which follows a group of Welsh rebels who rely on their druid magic to bring forth an army of the undead to fight off their English oppressors.
The main character is a young knight who goes against his ruler's wishes in order to save the daughter of his enemy, lost amidst an unrelenting torrent of revenge-fueled zombies. Jason Kingsley will direct.
Tom Fickling will adapt the screenplay which follows a group of Welsh rebels who rely on their druid magic to bring forth an army of the undead to fight off their English oppressors.
The main character is a young knight who goes against his ruler's wishes in order to save the daughter of his enemy, lost amidst an unrelenting torrent of revenge-fueled zombies. Jason Kingsley will direct.
- 10/25/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Zombies. So hot right now. Zack Snyder and Danny Boyle gave them a shot in the arm with Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is trying to find itself a lead and a director, George A Romero keeps finding new words to put in front of “… of the Dead” and they’re even making inroads to TV, courtesy of Frank Darabont’s The Walking Dead.
Now we have “Stronghold”, being adapted by screenwriter Tom Fickling from Paul Finch’s graphic novel of the same name. Jason Kingsley, who is drawing on years of experience as a video game director, will make his debut as a feature film director. The producer for Amber Entertainment will be Ileen Maisel.
The story for Stronghold revolves around medieval Wales and a group of rebels who use druid magic to summon a zombie army to help them defeat their English overlords.
Now we have “Stronghold”, being adapted by screenwriter Tom Fickling from Paul Finch’s graphic novel of the same name. Jason Kingsley, who is drawing on years of experience as a video game director, will make his debut as a feature film director. The producer for Amber Entertainment will be Ileen Maisel.
The story for Stronghold revolves around medieval Wales and a group of rebels who use druid magic to summon a zombie army to help them defeat their English overlords.
- 10/22/2010
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We’ll say this for the undead – they might be shambling, shuffling moaning undead bastards with a single-minded craving for brains (single-minded? Brains? Anyone? Ahem…), but they’ve got one hell of an agent because they are everywhere right now. And they’ve even managed to go back in time, at least as part of the graphic novel Stronghold, which 2000Ad’s Rebellion Publishing is aiming to foist on to the big screen.Paul Finch originated the title, which follows Welsh rebels turning to some very dark, druidic magic to help them in their mission of breaking the reign of English tyranny. The druids summon an undead army that marches on the English, and one young knight goes against orders to rescue his love – who just so happens to be the daughter of his enemy – from the slavering medieval zombie horde.Tom Fickling is hard at work on the adaptation,...
- 10/22/2010
- EmpireOnline
It seem that for every teen girl fascinated with vampires, there's a teen boy obsessed with zombies. The boys get the point, new production company Amber Entertainment is making a film version of the 2000 Ad/Rebellion comic "Stronghold." It sets zombies back in the time of knights and castles when Welsh rebels figure out how to use magic to raise the dead to make a zombie army in a coup to overtake the king. A young knight must battle the undead to save the princess. If it sounds like a videogame, the producers agree. Long-time videogame director Jason Kingsley, who also owns 2000 Ad/Rebellion, will make his feature film directing debut with Stronghold.
Source: Variety...
Source: Variety...
- 10/21/2010
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Just the other day I was saying to myself, “Self, when is someone going to make a medieval-set zombie movie already?” As it turns out, the blokes over at 2000Ad and Rebellion have been wondering the same thing, and the result is a new movie called “Stronghold”. It will be based on the book “Tomes of the Dead: Stronghold” by Paul Finch, with Jason Kingsley making his directorial debut on the movie. The plot of the novel goes something like this: When King Edward I of England built Grogen Castle in Wales, he proclaimed it the strongest fortress in the British Isles; impregnable to assault, armed with devices so fiendish that would-be attackers would die in multitutdes. But the Welsh have had enough of English tyranny. Armed with druidic magic and an ancient, mystical artefact, they summon an army to their banner even the most supersitious of Edward’s soldiers could never have imagined.
- 10/21/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
British comic book outfit 2000 Ad is suiting up with Amber Entertainment to take on the zombie apocalypse. The companies are efforting to bring the book "Stronghold" - published in August - to the big screen with Jason Kingsley directing. (Although we can totally see Neil Marshall pulling this film off.) Here's the publisher's synopsis: When King Edward I of England built Grogen Castle in Wales, he proclaimed it the strongest fortress in the British Isles; impregnable to assault, armed with devices so fiendish that would-be attackers would die in multitudes. But the Welsh have had enough of English tyranny. Armed with Druidic magic and an ancient, mystical artifact, they summon an army to their banner even the most superstitious of Edward's soldiers could never have...
- 10/21/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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