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‘Secret Level’ Director Tim Miller and Epic Games Execs Talk Hollywood’s Relationship With Unreal Engine as Version 5.5 Launches
"Fortnite" creator Epic Games kicked off its Unreal Fest event Tuesday with the debut of Unreal Engine 5.5 and previews for new features.
Used to produce not only AAA game titles, but also big-budget VFX-heavy shows like “The Mandalorian” and Tim Miller’s upcoming Amazon animated video game-focused anthology TV series “Secret Level,” Unreal Engine is Epic’s pride and joy and the service is adding more features to make it an attractive production tool for Hollywood. Epic’s UEFN chief Saxs Persson broke down the goals for how this intersection between Hollywood and Unreal — which is not about making movies or TV shows, but allowing consumers to experience their content in games on their own terms — will affect the larger creator economy. When it comes to keeping IP alive and continuing to evolve in new ways, Miller’s “Secret Level” is a special case for one title in particular: Sony’s “Concord,” a short-lived PlayStation live servicesgame that was recently shutdown soon after its launch due to poor sales.
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