23 July 2008 10:27 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed three of the Saw movies, Zack Snyder, who directed the most recent iteration of Dawn of the Dead, and Andrew Douglas, who directed the latest Amityville Horror are among the directors who have signed deals with Microsoft to make a series of short films for Xbox Live. The movies are being produced by Safran Digital Group and are due to be shown in the 26 countries that support the Xbox Live service. The announcement comes just days after Microsoft said that it had struck a deal with Netflix to make thousands of films available for streaming online via the Xbox Live platform. In an interview with the London Financial Times, CEO Peter Safran said that the directors had been given complete creative control. "This is an opportunity that filmmakers don't usually get," he said.
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