Over the years, Rockstar Games has grown into one of the most recognized video game studios. His works full of astonishing quality, his stories and even the design of his characters bring a large community of gamers to follow in his footsteps very closely. In fact, they even have it licenses that seemed lost ended up being a complete success. Which, over time, may have caused a company to get its hands on its head.
But you should know that its history has not always been centered on the world of video games. In fact, there was an occasion, years ago, where his work ended on the big screen
A collaboration with a Pierce Brosnan film that was not as successful as expected
Of course, this story goes back years before Rockstar San Diego was called that. In fact, at that time and for this curious collaboration, the company presented itself as Angel Studios. Of course, despite a name change, the quality of his projects was already sufficient for his work to have a place in the world of cinema.
In 1992, video games and film found reasons to join
While talking about Rockstar Games makes us think of works like Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, the reality is that their works have also played a prominent role in cinema. Specifically in the film “The Lawnmower Man”, known in Europe as “The lawn mower“. A film which, at the time, played with the idea of virtual reality and a strange affair to try to create super soldiers.
The film played with the idea of using virtual reality to create superior soldiers in all aspects
While we aren’t going to tell you about the plot of the movie in case you’re curious to see it, what we can tell you is that those special effects from the movie where we could see supposed virtual reality or video game-like scenes are the work of Angel Studios. In other words, from the company that currently fascinates us with projects like Grand Theft Auto.
It is possible that seeing these special effects now, many think it was not intended. However, we must not forget that for this time it was a revolution, something totally new that not everyone agreed on. And, of course, an attempt to shape what used to be considered virtual reality.