Studios are eager to run with what works, and that means pulling scripts from some unpredictable sources — including mobile games.
Studios are looking to continue capitalizing on the success of a film like Angry Birds, and New Line Cinema is the next to step up to the plate.
Fruit Ninja and has also been released for Android and Windows phone systems, as well as XBox Kinect.
The game, which was first released in early 2010, has since gone on to become one of the most popular iOS games of all time with over 1 billion downloads.