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Twentieth Century Fox has hired former Vivendi Games executive producer Andre Emerson as VP of its new video game production studio.

“Andre has a phenomenal background in video game production with a fair balance of licensing experience that will bring a wealth of knowledge and insight to our team,” said Gary Rosenfeld, SVP of Fox’s New Media. “We’re looking forward to Andre contributing his development expertise as we expand our presence in this space.”

Emerson, while at Vivendi, was in charge production on the 50 Cent franchise, and was most recently the executive producer for WET and Brutal Legend, along with being the writer and director for Dead To Rights.

More through Gamasutra.

Twentieth Century Fox plans to make a CG-animated movie based on EA’s Spore, according to a Variety report.

Ice Age’s Chris Wedge is set to direct, and scriptwriters Greg Erb and Jason Oremland are on board as well.

Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age, Robots) will handle the CG bit, while EA’s Patrick O’Brien and Maxis’ Lucy Bradshaw are executive producers.

“From every perspective — visually, thematically and comedically — the world of Spore provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen, said Wedge.

“With more than 100 million unique creatures uploaded to our website, it’s clear that people are passionate about the game, and it will be exciting to offer a powerful medium like film in order to expand their experience with Spore,” said Bradshaw.

More through the links.

Thanks, Joystiq.