Reuters: Olsen Twins Sue Acclaim Over Video Game Royalties

Update: Olsen Twins to Star in New Grand Theft Auto Video Game

Hollywood, CA—Sisters Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have just signed a contract with Rockstar North/ Take-Two Interactive, allowing Rockstar to use their likenesses in a new version of Grand Theft Auto slated for release in the fall of 2007. Under terms of the contract, the Olsen Twins will grant Rockstar the right to create Mary Kate and Ashley player-characters, each of whom will begin the game with pump action shotguns, pastel ceramic jackets and, according to one Rockstar source, moderate platform shoes. Each player-character will work its way through a crime ridden underworld, negotiating with and occasionally killing criminals, bystanders and unspecified authority figures while building their own crime network. Robert Thorne, one of the co-founders of the Olsen Twins’ DualStar Entertainment Group, indicated that the Olsen twins agreed to Rockstar’s offer after losing on a deal that would have placed the Olsens in Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill’ series. “This video game will assist Mary Kate and Ashley in their transition from a youth to an adult media market,” said Thorne, “...and besides, we have been assured that they will be able to go up against Lindsay Lohan and Hillary Duff.”

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