Lately, some of the hit movies have had graphics similar to video games. If you haven’t seen "300" (which you should!), just think of Gollum in Lord of the Rings and you’ll understand the type of characters I’m referring to.

Despite "300" already being akin to computer generated graphics, its filmmaker Zack Snyder has decided to transform the box office hit into an actual video game. It can’t be too hard for Snyder, considering what he managed to do with the movie’s appearance. He signed a three-game deal with EA Games, which will be produced in the video game giant’s Los Angeles Studio. However Snyder didn’t just sign a deal – he will be leading the creative team (hopefully not in the Spartan spirit). But before the games will be out in stores, Snyder is not kicking back: he is working on the post-production of the “Watchmen” adaptation, which will most likely be released in the spring of 2009. If the graphics will benefit from the same high quality as in "300" and in the remake of “Dawn of the Dead”, we can expect another blockbuster. And who knows, perhaps even new game deals.

Snyder is not the first and will surely not be the last director to strike such a deal with a game design company. In 2005 alone, Steven Spielberg signed a contract with EA Games, while Peter Jackson shook hands with the Microsoft Game Studios in 2006, also on a three-game deal. EA representatives have also casually let slip that the deal Snyder made also entails translating the games into film, later on.

This is a step in a more classical direction, as lately Hollywood has been making movie adaptations of games, instead of the other way around. Think of Resident Evil, Tomb Raider and the latest Max Payne, which will star Mark Wahlberg.