The most unusual, and yet totally awesome, partnership comes in the form of John Woo and Warren Spector, both legendary in their fields of expertise, as they collaborate on a movie/game called Ninja Gold. Other than the fact that it is going to be about ninjas against the Yakuza, the report does not say much about the game, but the story states that neither property will take precedence over the other. Here’s a bit:

Spector said Woo was intimately involved in the creation of the “Ninja” cast of characters, especially the hero. He said Woo’s input on the basic situations and thematic underpinnings of the story puts him in a great position to develop the film property without a lot of assistance from the game creators.Chang said the film will be more reality-based but still will have fantastic elements from the game. He said the hope is to put the film into production next year, but that requires a script to be completed by then. No timetable or publisher has been announced for the game.

“What happened with ‘Ninja Gold’ was very different and, to my mind, much cooler. I know that my thought from the start was to develop something that would work just as well in games as in movies, and I know John was thinking along the same lines,” Spector said. “This was an attempt to create a concept that would work in, and be developed for, a variety of media simultaneously. That’s something new for games — and for movies.”