Video Games Go to the Movies

Some nice machinima coverage in Business Week Online. Ofcourse prompted by the 'hot underground film' French Democracy but covers other aspects as well.

Although big-time directors such as George Lucas have dabbled in machinima to create special effects, Hollywood hasn't yet embraced the technique. But that could be coming. "One day someone like a Spielberg or a [King Kong director] Peter Jackson will use machinima to make a film," says Evan Shapiro, the general manager of the Independent Film Channel, a Cablevision (CVC) unit that has commissioned and aired machinima films.

Worth a read.