Skip To Main Content
Liam Burke on Muck Rack

Liam Burke

Ireland, Melbourne, Mexico
As seen in: The Conversation, Inkl
Cinema & Screen Studies Associate Professor @Swinburne (wburke@swin.edu.au), and author of The Comic Book Film Adaptation goo.gl/s968Vs Views are my own
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile
Back to Liam Burke’s profile

Articles by Liam Burke

Video game film adaptations used to be huge flops. Now studios can’t get enough

|
By Liam Burke, Andrea Andiloro, Steven Conway
| The Conversation Verified
In the early 1990s, when the home video game market was still in its infancy, Hollywood attempted to leverage the appeal of this emerging entertainment for feature length films. The resulting movies – including Super Mario Bros. (1993), Mortal Kombat (1995), and the Jean Claude Van Damme-starring Street Fighter (1994) – largely bombed in their critical reception.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Video game film adaptations used to be huge flops. Now studios can’t get enough

|
By Liam Burke
| Inkl
Imdb In the early 1990s, when the home video game market was still in its infancy, Hollywood attempted to leverage the appeal of this emerging entertainment for feature length films. The Conversation Liam Burke, Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology Sign up to read this article Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you. Email is required Email is already registered. Please sign in instead. Start reading
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery in mega deal: the winners, losers and Trump’s man in the middle Original

|
By Liam Burke
| The Conversation Verified
Netflix’s planned acquisition of Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has fallen apart at the eleventh hour, as Paramount Skydance has made a “superior” proposal to buy the conglomerate for A$156 billion. While the independence of the companies following the acquisition is unclear, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has already discussed plans to merge the portfolios of streamers Paramount+ and HBO Max to compete with Netflix.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (13) Issue with article?

Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Is this the end of the cinema? Original

|
By Liam Burke
| The Conversation Verified
The world’s dominant streaming service, Netflix, has announced its planned acquisition of Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion (A$124.5 billion). The acquisition has provoked criticism from film fans, the creative community and the United States government, including concerns for the future of filmgoing. News of the acquisition was also followed by a hostile bid (a bid that goes directly to shareholders, not the board), from Paramount Skydance.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (17) Issue with article?
Show More