Legendary Pictures making a play for video games and digital

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Thomas Tull is taking another stab at video games.

The CEO of Legendary Pictures, who lost a bundle on his investment in defunct publisher Brash Entertainment, has made official what many in the industry have known for months: Kathy Vrabeck, a former top executive at Electronic Arts and Activision, is joining his company to oversee a new digital division that’s expected to produce video games and original content for online and mobile platforms.

The LA Times’ Technology blog has the scoop:

Tull has not detailed his plans for the newly created interactive division, but the film financier has an abiding interest in games. Among his film projects are movies based on Activision Blizzard’s fantasy-themed World of Warcraft game and Epic Games’ Gears of War shooter franchise. A gamer himself, Tull invested in Brash Entertainment, a company headed by Massive Entertainment founder Mitch Davis. Brash burst on the scene in 2007 promising to reinvent Hollywood’s relationship with video games only to disintegrate months later amid a flurry of lawsuits.

Get all the details on Vrabeck’s hiring here.

-- Ben Fritz