Igor Serves DS And Wii

A new movie tie-in is heading for the Nintendo DS and Wii. Hunch-backed lab assistant Igor will bring in an action-puzzler.

Exodus Film Group announced today a videogame deal with Interactive Game Group and Legacy Interactive for a multi-platform game based on Exodus' CG-animated feature film Igor. The game will be distributed on Nintendo DS and Wii, PC, and wireless. Legacy Interactive will publish the Igor licensed game in North America and I2G is financing and coordinating the project on a worldwide basis. Igor is a Weinstein Company presentation being distributed in US theaters by MGM on October 24, 2008.

"The principals at Legacy and I2G have proven track records in creating and distributing exciting and innovative games," said Bruce Auerbach, Exodus' president of consumer products. "The audience experience will be greatly enhanced by not only seeing the movie, but being able to 'play' the movie."

"The incredibly rich world and characters the film offers are well suited to the action puzzler genre," said Ariella Lehrer, Legacy Interactive's CEO. "I think this is a game that will have crossover appeal among casual and more core strategy gamers alike." Frederic Chesnais, I2G's founder and general manager, added, "This project is exactly why I have created I2G, to bring talented people together and facilitate the creation and distribution of interactive entertainment."

The film version of Igor is a playfully irreverent comedy that brings a new twist to the classic monster genre. In a world filled with Mad Scientists and Evil Inventions, one talented evil scientist's hunch-backed lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a Mad Scientist himself and winning the annual Evil Science Fair. The stellar voice cast includes Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cusack, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, and Christian Slater.

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