Video game maker Activision Inc. has signed an agreement that will extend its rights to publish interactive titles based on Spider-Man movies and TV series through the year 2017. The agreement was struck with Spider-Man Merchandising L.P., a limited partnership between Marvel Ent. Inc. and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc.
Activision has previously published games based on Columbia Pictures/Marvel Ent.’s hugely successful features, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, and will tackle Spider-Man 3 under its current agreement with Spider-Man Merchandising. The third installment in director Sam Raimi’s big-screen series is set for release in May of 2007, and will feature villains played Thomas Hayden Church (Sideways) and Topher Grace (That ’70s Show), along with returning stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia, Spain and the Netherlands. More information about the company and its products can be found at www.activision.com.
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