# Given the power of the latest video gaming engines why are there no movie kits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-power-of-the-latest-video-gaming-engines-why-are-there-no-movie-kits/340743 "2006-01-19T23:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-power-of-the-latest-video-gaming-engines-why-are-there-no-movie-kits/340743/1 "2006-01-19T23:48:15Z")
Why isn’t someone marketing some sort of animation movie software that uses one of the latest video gaming engines. Games are getting incredibly realistic. Wouldn’t there be a market for people to take these video characters and the virtual environment they operate within, and make great looking movies with them. They could dub the voices in later. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-power-of-the-latest-video-gaming-engines-why-are-there-no-movie-kits/340743/2 "2006-01-20T00:13:22Z")
Good idea. If you don’t know about it, check out [Red vs Blue](http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php) . Which uses Halo played on multiple XBoxes to create an animated series. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-power-of-the-latest-video-gaming-engines-why-are-there-no-movie-kits/340743/3 "2006-01-20T01:22:24Z")
[There is.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movies)