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Hollywood seems to be investing heavily in the rights to video game-inspired movies lately. Though the Bioshock, Halo, and Uncharted flicks didn't work out, films based on Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed, and Metal Gear Solid are all at some stage in pre-production as we speak. If you're still wont to deny to that a tidal wave of video game movies is forming, destined to hit theaters two-four years years from now, I think that this movie removes all doubt from the equation: MGM Pictures has brought the rights to make a movie based on Metro 2033, a series of Russian sci-fi novels, which inspired the critically lauded 2010 video game.

Legendary Pictures is really justfying its name. With Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, and The Hangover under its belt and Inception (giddy dance) coming in July, what could the studio possibly do in the future to make itself even more awesome. This. Legendary has obtained the rights to none other than Mass Effect, BioWare's wildly successful, crazy-awesome franchise surrounding Commander Shepard's exploits vanquishing evil aliens and protecting the universe.