The 2006 Hollywood & Games Summit opened today in Beverly Hills with a keynote address by director Paul W.S. Anderson. Anderson’s speech, entitled “Pressing the Right Buttons: How to Successfully Blend Game and Film,” discussed methodology to help ensure the success of a film franchise built from adapting a game. Simply because a game is successful does not mean it will be an equally successful film. In fact, Anderson stated that some games were not meant to be movies. Anderson also thinks that the relationship between the film industry and the video game industry is still growing, and that one day the relationship should bear fruit, with games and films stoking each other’s success.