i thought about something like "simstudio" or " studio tycoon" but it looks like Activision beat EA and Hasbro to it...
the gameplay is amazing! the best simulation tycoon since the sims!
you make your own movies choosing from a variety of sets and scenes, hire your starts/directors,movie crew, janitors,and builders,scriptwritors or make your own scirpt which gives you a deep amount of control, chose Genres like action,comedy,horror,romance or sci-fi. each actor has his/her different movie expieriences, some may be good with action or others may be good with Science fiction. also run competitons with other studios and climb the studio charts, (along with actor.acteress charts, movie charts) get balcked down by paparazzi and tabloids. the movie making is great you can add subtitles and voice overs.
the graphics arent so spectacular, it depnds on what graphics card you have, the game works great with ATi radeon cards, on my laptop it runs very well and with an ATi Radeon x550. on the average PC (around the status of an ATi Radeon 7200) it runs, o.k
the sound is pretty good, it had alot of pre-loaded music tracks thats can be added to your movies but you can add your own music by converting your file to a .ogg file. the voiceovers i think are the most realistic part of the movie making, some people arent too good with voice-overs but it adds alot of drama and 'spunk' to the film
the value is....defenitely worth it for $49.99 but my dad payed $68.52 (for premier editon of the game, taxes 6%, and wrapping) i got it for free though because it was my christmas present.
overall the game is wonderful and everyone should go and by it