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Epic Games is getting serious about filmmaking. The company behind the hit game Fortnite and the engine that powers it, Unreal, has made a grant to the production of animated feature Gilgamesh. This is its first known grant to a film. Here are the details: The film is based on the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem and cornerstone of world literature. It will tell of the mythological hero Gilgamesh’s “quest for immortality and his rivalry then friendship with wild man Enkidu,” according to Deadline, which first reported the news. Hook Up Animation, a studio based in...

Epic Games' ongoing Epic MegaGrants program is supporting the development of an animated feature titled Gilgamesh, based on the hero from ancient Mesopotamian mythology.

Gilgamesh: Epic Games’ Epic MegaGrants Program Supporting Upcoming Animated Feature Epic Games’ ongoing Epic MegaGrants program is supporting the development of an animated feature titled Gilgamesh, based on the hero from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, according to Deadline. Gilgamesh will utilize Epic Game’s Unreal Engine technology. The story follows the exploits and adventures of the king-turned-deity Gilgamesh who was immortalized in the epic poem that is “said to have influenced Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad.” The movie will explore the demigod’s quest for immortality and ...

The film, a collaboration between Latin American animation studio Hook Up and Argentinia's DuermeVela and FilmSharks, will focus on the tales and tribulations of Gilgamesh, using Epic’s Unreal Engine technology. Historians believe the hero to have mostly likely been a king of Uruk, an ancient Sumerian city located in modern-day Iraq. He is most famously known as the namesake of the third millennium BC Mesopotamian poem – the earliest known great work of literature – about man's struggle for immortality. The poem is said to have influenced Homer’s epics Odyssey and Iliad. The animate...

Epic Games Gets into Movie-Making with Animated Film, Gilgamesh Epic Games is looking to expand its reach into the entertainment industry as it pushes the Unreal Engine outside of the world of gaming. The studio has announced that Epic Games will be investing in its first feature film, an animated movie about the classic hero Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh will be about the ancient king’s quest for immortality and his rivalry/friendship with the “wild man” Enkidu. The final film may not be a massive blockbuster as it’s being created alongside the smaller Latin America animation studio Hook Up ...