Those looking for Hollywood in a box, prepare to be disapointed. But take it as it is, and you'll probably enjoy it.
It runs well even on my modest system.
Graphically, the game isn't superb, but it's still quite pleasing to the eye.
The tycoon aspect gets dull and repetitive quite quick.
Drag writer here, drag actors there - wait and drag film here - boom - thats it.
The meat of the game is in the Advanced Movie Maker.
Where you can pick scenes, but them wherever and in any order with whomever you want performing them - filming and then moving it over to post production, where you edit -add subtitles/voice overs and background music.
It's quite fun to make your own short-films and regardless of the predefined scenes, you can do a hell of alot with whats available, if you're even the slightest bit creative.
Those looking to recreate Starwars, Lord of The Rings or The Matrix or (Insert favorite/popular film name here) will be disapointed, but those with an ounce of originality in them and the willingess to work with whats provided will have loads of fun making movies and uploading them to Lionheads database whre they'll be reviewed and hit the charts, earning you money to buy new props, sets and.. Stuff!