News comes less than two weeks after Legendary topper Thomas Tull resigned from the board of Brash Entertainment, the licensing-focused vidgame publisher he co-founded. Talks to buy Epic indicate that Tull remains interested in the videogame space even after leaving Brash out of frustration with its performance.

If the deal is consummated, Legendary would be the first film financing company to start investing money in videogames. Several studios, including Warner Bros., where Legendary is based, have recently started spending their own money on games.

It is just another rumor.

What I told Ben from Variety was that "We're not going to comment on the rumor" and that "we have already publicly announced that we're working with Legendary pictures on the Gears of War movie and that we have the utmost respect for Thomas Tull and his organization."