Donald Mustard (left) and Joe Russo.
Donald Mustard (left) and Joe Russo.
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The DeanBeat: Joe Russo and Donald Mustard interview — Hollywood’s new game-centric focus

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 8 min

Gaming is the new Hollywood. Or so that is the latest interpretation now that games like Uncharted are supplying the themes and plots for blockbuster movies.

At the Dice Summit in Las Vegas, we heard that this week from Joe Russo, co-creator of Marvel’s The Avengers movies, and Donald Mustard, chief creative officer at Epic Games and one of the leaders of Fornite. Mustard’s company has invested in Agbo, the latest entertainment company formed by the Russo brothers (Joe and Anthony). They gave a talk and I interviewed them afterward.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.