"There was that period in time, pre-Sonic, where it was, 'You're so lucky that Hollywood is even looking at you'"
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Story Kitchen co-founder Dmitri M. Johnson discusses the shift in Hollywood's attitude toward game adaptations, noting a bidding war erupted over Split Fiction film rights—a contrast to the pre-Sonic era when studios treated game properties as lucky opportunities.
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Appeared in 2026-04-29.