Enter the Matrix (computer game)
I don't know how many of you have seen the deal with this, or even played it. I do not know if the game is any good, either. But I thought the concept behind it was worth some merit.
For those of you who do not know, 'Enter the Matrix' is the new Matrix computer game, a ghame in the style of Max Payne (unsurprising, as Payne was in the styler of the original Matrix film complete with bullet time)
However, the important bit is the way that this is the most integrated film/game project I have ever seen. This is not just a lazy association or tie-in, it is directly linked to the film in all ways. The scenes in it are considered canon scenes taking place at the same time as the film (whilst the camera is elsewhere), controlling one of two characters from the film, affecting film plotlines. It contains film footage of the plotline that I believe is not used in the film, the plot was written by the two brothers, the scenes directed by the two brothers, all being shot around the same time the film was (unsurprising, seeing as it is part of the general plot with the same people!)
It also links the animated short "Last Flight of the Osiris" to the main film plot, or that was the impression I got from the trailer, anyhow.
It could be that the game is crap, of course, but the stylistic idea behind it all strikes me as very wonderful. Maybe more games of movies can be constructed with such close harmony in mind in future?