The Movies

- PC

GAME INFO
publisher: Activision
developer: Lionhead Studios
genre: Simulation

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PIII 800, 256MB RAM, 2.4GB HDD

ESRB rating: T
homepage:
www.themoviesgame.com/

release date: Nov 08, 05 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW It has been a long-held dream of mine to be a movie star. It has also been a long-held dream of mine to be an intergalactic war hero with hot alien chicks with four breasts massaging my netherparts while showering me with kisses and beer...

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The Movies Screenshots

The Movies Cheats

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2 file(s)

The Movies Files

DEMOS	size	date
demo	286MB	Feb 03, 06

PATCHES	size	date
v1.1 patch	23.8MB	Dec 13, 05

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The Movies Videos

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4 preview(s)

The Movies Previews

»	Oct 14, 05 The Movies Hands-On I've always wanted to be a movie star. The acting bug bit me a while back, and I did some outdoor theatre and whatnot... » MORE

»	Jun 02, 04 The Movies Hands-On Activision treated us to yet another promising game at the E3 this year. After being dazzled by Activision's latest and greatest, we stepped over to the section where Lionhead honcho Peter Molyneux exhibited a fresh build of their latest project... » MORE

»	Feb 28, 04 The Movies Preview As more and more video games make their way to the silver screen, Lionhead Studios and Activision unite to bring the splendor of movie magic onto the PC and next-generation consoles - cocaine-littered private parties, bizarre sexual rituals, greedy producers... » MORE

»	Jun 03, 03 The Movies Preview We all know that Peter Molynuex and Lionhead Studios are responsible for creating one of the most critically acclaimed PC god sim titles - Black & White. Later Lionhead and EA produced an expansion pack... » MORE

50 news item(s)

The Movies News

Dec 21, 2010

Fan asks Uncharted director to cast Nathan Fillion
An Uncharted fan has personally asked director David O'Russell to cast Nathan Fillion as Nate Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film. The director acts like he has no idea who Nathan Fillion is, and seems to think that Nathan Fillion is just some guy that the fan knows or someone who should be given a cameo.

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»	Sep 28, 2010 Mornin '10 A long time ago, I declared the Harry Potter movies 'gay' and that was just because I was obsessed with the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. What's more, even though I declared Harry Potter movies 'gay' I still watched them and they were still quite fun. » MORE

»	Apr 08, 2010 Transformers: War For Cybertron Trailer, Release Date High Moon Studios' action game Transformers: War For Cybertron (yes the one NOT based on the movies) is going to hit stores on June 22, as uncovered by publisher Activision. » MORE

»	Apr 03, 2009 'Saw' Game in Development Konami just made the new Saw video game official. The well-known company has bought the rights to bankrupt publisher Brash's title based on the horror flick "Saw. » MORE

»	Nov 12, 2008 Wheel of Time Games Developed by New Studio Robert Jordan's (1948 - 2007) series of epic fantasy novels, The Wheel of Time, will apparently lay the grounds for several upcoming games set in that particular universe. » MORE

Sep 02, 2008

Fable II Gets 9/10 From Molyneux
Game designer and boss of Lionhead Studios Peter Molyneux claims Fable II is "the best, most complete game I've ever worked on." The acknowledged game creator explains how Fable II is different in the sense that he didn't make the same mistakes he made in the past.

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May 08, 2008

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Revealed
Hm, interesting. Pandemic Studios, creators of the well-known Star Wars: Battlefront series (a company now owned by EA, just like BioWare) has unveiled that they are working on The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, a Tolkien-flavored spin on the Battlefront concept.

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»	Apr 18, 2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) Shots LucasArts continues to intensify its promotion of the Wii edition of the next Star Wars game. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Wii has been getting largely positive impressions following recent presentations. » MORE

»	Jan 15, 2008 Highlander: The Game Trailer Eidos Interactive's secretive project Highlander: The Game was hinted a few times a while back, although we haven't seen or heard zilch about it, until now. » MORE

»	Aug 10, 2007 Buka Announces Swarm Yeah, the Ruskies are at it again. Two days after announcing The Hunt, the Russia-based publisher reveals a new sci-fi action-adventure, entitled The Swarm. » MORE

»	May 08, 2007 A New Chance for Spidey? Word around the block is that Spider-Man 3 (The Game) is somewhat of a disappointment (btw, I'll be reviewing that one, since 2lions is experiencing some trouble with his rig). » MORE

»	Dec 11, 2006 New 'Alien' Games Courtesy of SEGA Nice. According to the Hollywood Reporter, renowned software maker/publisher SEGA has signed a deal with 20th Century Fox (that fox is out of date), to create new console and PC games set in the Alien universe. » MORE

Sep 28, 2006

Microsoft X06 Press Briefing Video Released
The entire Microsoft Xbox 360 X06 press event has been recorded and placed online for your viewing enjoyment over here. There's also links to all of the movies seen at X06 from Xbox 360 games on the next page, so it is probably worth checking out.

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»	Aug 28, 2006 New Spore Footage Oozing out of the Leipzig show is a batch of new gameplay movies from Maxis' next (big) franchise, Spore. The movies weigh in at 20 Megs and you can pick them up here. » MORE

Jun 06, 2006

The Movies: Stunts & Effects Ships
Lionhead Studios keeps insisting on supporting some of their rather more dubious franchises with expansion packs. Yeah the game was critically acclaimed, but is anyone still bothering to play it? SANTA MONICA, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PC gamers can make movie magic with Activision, Inc.

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»	May 10, 2006 LotR Online Beta Sign-ups Turbine is now officially taking Beta player registrations for their MMO game, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, the first MMORPG based on the literary works of J. » MORE

Mar 15, 2006

Star Wars TV Series Confirmed
George Lucas is going to write 100 episodes that will span from Revenge of the Sith to A New Hope. Of course, I don't think George is going to have any trouble finding anyone to air the episodes, as they are going to be ratings gold if they don't suck.

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»	Feb 27, 2006 The Movies Expansion Confirmed CVG has the info that Lionhead Studios is definitely working on an expansion pack for their movie-making game, The Movies. At this point, the expansion pack carries the working title, Stunts & Effects. » MORE

»	Feb 10, 2006 Lionhead Acquisition on the Cards Again? The rumors about the acquisition of Lionhead Studios have been renewed as supposedly both Ubisoft and Microsoft are linked to possible acquisition of the UK developer. » MORE

Feb 09, 2006

The Movies Add-on On the Horizon?
A recent forum post suggests that Lionhead is developing an expansion pack for their "popular" film-making game, The Movies. The console editions of the original were canceled recently, but it looks like Lionhead wants to expand on its "successful" franchise.

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Feb 07, 2006

Return of Console Watch
It's been a week since I've posted one of these, so you all probably thought I was dead, but fuck you, I'm alive. Gizmondo Europe Liquidation: Tiger tried to compete with an already cramped handheld market that Sony and Nintendo have a stranglehold with a product no one wanted.

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»	Feb 03, 2006 The Movies Demo Activision releases the demo of Peter Molyneux's latest game, The Movies, which was met with critical acclaim, but not a lot of support from the gaming community itself. » MORE

»	Jan 17, 2006 The Movies Sundancin' on January 20 G-spot is reporting: "Despite receiving decent reviews, The Movies hasn't exactly been a blockbuster since it launched last November. But that fact hasn't stopped Lionhead Studios and Activision from inking an innovative deal for the PC game. » MORE

»	Dec 01, 2005 Top-selling PC Games Look at this from a bright side, at least the original Sims are not on the list any more. 1. Age Of Empires III - Microsoft 2. Civilization IV - 2K Games 3. » MORE

Nov 29, 2005

Activision Nabs Spider-Man Rights Till 2017
It's somehow comforting to know that I'll be 41 years old when Activision's rights to publish Spider-Man movie video game tie-ins expire. The company has signed an agreement with Marvel and Sony Pictures to extend its exclusive worldwide publishing rights to the Spider-Man movies through 2017.

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»	Nov 07, 2005 Movies Online goes Online Much in the same way that people share houses, families and property on the Sims, they have launched a portal for the Movies, which comes out tomorrow. » MORE

»	Oct 24, 2005 'Doom' Movie Dominates US Box Office HA! This is goddamn precious. Despite mixed reviews from the press, the DOOM movie dominated the North American box office by winning the weekend contest: "Doom," starring former wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Jonhson as a U. » MORE

»	Oct 10, 2005 The Movies Screenshots Activision and Lionhead have released these new The Movies screenshots in anticipation of the game's imminent release on November 8. Peter Molyneux has been all about "hit and miss" lately. » MORE

»	Oct 06, 2005 'The Movies' Arriving on November 8 Lionhead Studios confirms that their movie-making management sim., The Movies, will ship to stores across the US and Canada on November 8. We ran the news yesterday that the game has gone gold. » MORE

»	Oct 05, 2005 The Movies Goes Gold The much-talked-about management simulation from Lionhead Studios, The Movies has gone gold. No shipping date has been given, but I assume the game should hit retail in the next two weeks or so. » MORE

Sep 12, 2005

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Announced
Clint Eastwood is a pretty awesome guy. One time we got drunk and fought off a crocodile. In a deal with MGM Interactive, Bits Studios has acquired video game rights to the three Sergio Leone movies often called "The Man With No Name" trilogy.

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»	Sep 01, 2005 The Movies Online Unveiled Activision and Lionhead Studios are gearing up for the release of their movie-making management sim, The Movies, with the announcement of The Movies Online, the official site where players can share their movie creations online. » MORE

»	Aug 12, 2005 Edinburgh Games Festival: The Movies Details More news to come out of the Edinburgh Games Festival. Imran is once again reporting: "The Movies had a major presence in the PC section. Facts from the floor are as follows: 1. » MORE

»	Dec 18, 2004 Mornin' Creators of Matrix, the Wachowski brothers, and Warner Bros have announced that they will release a special extended edition Matrix DVD, which will contain all three movies and another really good movie which has nothing to do with the Matrix series. » MORE

»	Nov 05, 2004 Mornin' I watched the Episode III trailer this morning and didn't find it all that exciting. In fact, the whole thing looks pretty damn silly and I find it very hard to be excited about Star Wars anymore. » MORE

Sep 23, 2004

Movies Design Logo contest
There's a contest to design a logo for The Movies! I've already made a lovely entry, you can join in too. The idea is that every studio in The Movies game has its own, easily recognized logo, which appears at the start of its movies and on much of its property.

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»	Jul 02, 2004 Lionhead Studios To Be Bought? According to MCV, huge publishers like Activision, MS and Eidos are entering a bidding war over the purchase of Peter Molyneux's development studio, Lionhead Studios. » MORE

Apr 12, 2004

True Crime: Streets of L.A. Movies
While you're waiting for True Crime: Streets of L.A. to hit stores, here's a couple of movies, showing off more cool stuff from this third-person action game (the footage actually displays the Ayame (Tenchu) and Officer Dick characters in action).

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»	Feb 26, 2004 Silence on the Set! The Movies Shots! The boys and gals at Activision sent along these five new, lovely looking grabs from Peter Molyneux's next game, The Movies. You're the master of your own movie set. » MORE

»	Feb 24, 2004 Far Cry 2 in the Works? Saw over at VE3D.com that Gamespot has a short interview up with Uwe Boll, the German director/producer behind many game to movie adaptations, including House of the Dead (2001), and the upcoming Alone in the Dark and Dungeon Siege flicks. » MORE

»	Oct 03, 2003 Paradise Cracked Ships The game is about being on crack and going to paradise... Just kidding. Anyways, just found out that Paradise Cracked, the latest tactical RPG from Tri Synergy and Buka Entertainment, is available in US stores nationwide. » MORE

»	Sep 08, 2003 The Movies Site Live! Another new website has premiered today. It's for Peter Molyneux's upcoming management sim. game, The Movies. Check it out right here. I want to make War of the Worlds-like movies. » MORE

»	Aug 26, 2003 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost Movies Three gameplay movies (the link is for PLUS users) have been released from GSC Game World's upcoming first-person shooter, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost. » MORE

»	Aug 18, 2003 Top 10 Movies for the Week (GAG!) I would like to state that I hate going to the movies. I can't remember the last movie I saw in theatres that I liked. Weekend of Aug. 15-17, Source: Exhibitor Relations Co. » MORE

Aug 12, 2003

MoH Composer Signs to Score Call of Duty
Activision revealed today that the award-winning interactive game composer Michael Giacchino has agreed to work on the soundtrack for first-person action games -- Call of Duty for the PC and Call of Duty: Finest Hour (for next-generation consoles).

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»	Jul 14, 2003 Mornin' I was just thinking yesterday how the games from the late eighties made you "fill in the gaps" with your imagination like you would when reading a book. » MORE

»	Jul 02, 2003 Midnight Club 2 Shipped. Hooray. Midnight Club 2 has shipped for the PC. Americans can expect it today, those of you in Europe will be getting it the 11th. "Midnight Club II moves racing games from tracks to the city streets. » MORE

Apr 11, 2003

Star Wars Galaxies Update!
Star Wars Galaxies has updated their webpage with a new entry on a tenth planet. The planet is none other than Dantooine. Dantooine is about as backwoods as you can get, practically no one lives them, it's just grassy hills and that's about all there is to say about it.

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»	Mar 27, 2003 Tomb Raider 2 (The Movie) Trailer The Lara Croft hype is already mounting with the Tomb Raider movie sequel and the TR: Angel of Darkness video game only a few months away from worldwide release. » MORE

»	Jun 23, 2003 If I Sound Bitter, That's Because I Am Is it just me or is the CGI version of the Hulk totally screwed up? In the movie, the Hulk appears almost human and not nearly as savage as in the comics. » MORE

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