Paramount Movies Bring New Thrills to Cryptologic Online Casinos
CryptoLogic announced today that Paramount Pictures has agreed to grant exclusive licensing rights for its movies to the online casino software developer. Paramount will allow such titles as Braveheart and Forrest Gump to be used by CryptoLogic as inspiration for new Internet slot machines.CryptoLogic is able to draw on more than twenty of the titles from the Paramount library to create characters and themes for new Internet gaming applications. Other films named by CryptoLogic as included in future gambling plans are Beverly Hills Cop, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Beowulf, and Ghost.
It is not known whether the arrangement would extend to the entire Paramount catalog, which includes such classic movies as the Godfather series and the Indiana Jones adventures.
"Paramount Pictures boasts an extensive catalog of classic and new releases, and CryptoLogic makes the world's best branded Internet casino games. It's been proven that CryptoLogic's branded games drive Internet casino revenue - and we look forward to a mutually profitable relationship with this global entertainment leader," said CryptoLogic CEO Brian Hadfield.
CryptoLogic also announced it would retain the right to create its own gaming site dedicated to its movie slot machines. This intriguing item caused some speculation that CryptoLogic might move to expand vertically, establishing its own online gambling sites as well as licensing software to other companies.
