Video Game Heading to the Silver Screen Company: Midway Product: Fear & Respect Paramount Pictures has reached an agreement to acquire the worldwide film rights to Midway Games? Fear & Respect, a state-of-the-art video game based in the intense urban environment of South Central Los Angeles. The game is currently being developed in collaboration with writer/director John Singleton ("Boyz N the Hood," "Baby Boy," "2 Fast 2 Furious," "Shaft"), while Christine Peters ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") will be collaborating with the game developer to produce the film. Fear & Respect is a 3rd person video game about a young man who has to make survival choices in the urban world of Los Angeles: Does he survive by inspiring fear, or does he survive by inspiring respect in the characters he encounters. What lessons does he teach by his actions? The decisions the player makes influences the events (and ultimately the outcome) of the story. The urban/action adventure game is scheduled to be available in the winter of 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. -Red Dawg, GameVortex Communications AKA Alex Redmann