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Months on from the failure of the Borderlands film, director Eli Roth has explained why the project ended up how it did – with COVID being a massive factor.

Following its announcement back in 2022, the Death Stranding film seems to finally be underway, with a writer/director now on board.

Microsoft appears to have found success in Hollywood with its Minecraft movie. The film has gone on to have the best-ever opening weekend box office performance for a video game film adaptation. While the Minecraft Movie was forecast to generate up to $80 million domestically (in the US), the film …

The Legend of Zelda movie looks to be much more ambitious than initially believed – with an entire trilogy said to be currently in the works.

Initially planned to premiere in March 2026, Sony’s upcoming live-action Street Fighter film has had its release date removed.

Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction is seeing a ton of buzz from both in and outside of the games industry, with a film adaptation reportedly in the works.

Following the announcement of its film adaptation, SIFU has seen an alteration in its production – with John Wick’s creator no longer helming the film’s script.

Following a great cinematic run of almost half a Billion USD, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is spindashing onto streaming platforms today.

The Until Dawn film is almost here, with the Groundhog-Day inspired horror flick set to premiere in just a few months on the 25th of April.

While Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still showing in cinemas, SEGA and Paramount have already announced a 4th entry, set to premiere in March of 2027.

During CES 2025, Sony announced a bunch of adaptations for many of its popular game IPs, including an upcoming film adaptation based on Helldivers II.

Following the cancellation of the Horizon Zero Dawn TV show last year, Sony is pivoting – announcing that a film adaptation is now in the works internally.

Ubisoft has been trying to get a Splinter Cell film made for over a decade. Originally set to star Tom Hardy as Sam Fisher, the film has now been cancelled.

Following the failure of The Borderlands Movie, the CEO of Lionsgate has now admitted that “nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong.”

Filming for the Until Dawn adaptation has now officially wrapped, with the film set to premiere next year on the 25th of April 2025.

Back in March, we reported that a film based on Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs IP was in development, directed by Mathieu Turi and starring Sophie Wilde. With filming having officially started back in July, the team have now announced that they have officially wrapped this side of the movie’s development. Making …

Sonic the Hedgehog is returning to cinema screens later this year with a third movie. Cyberpunk 2077 fans should be impressed right off the bat, as Sonic 3 will see Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves reuniting.  The official trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has dropped today, giving us our …

At this point, it is widely known that the Borderlands film has bombed at the Box Office, after a string of negative reviews that ranked it amongst the worst Hollywood videogame adaptations ever. Soon, you won't have to shell out cinema-prices to see the chaos for yourselves, as the digital …

While the concept of an ever-present metaverse may have fallen out of popularity somewhat, a few games/platforms continue to push the concept’s possibilities. In collaboration with Warner Bros. you can now purchase real-life film tickets inside Roblox. As reported by Variety, Roblox is teaming up with WB to offer a …

Back in early 2022, it was officially announced that following the failed attempts at creating a Bioshock film with Universal Pictures, 2K would now be partnering with Netflix to adapt the popular video game franchise into a movie. Since then, we have heard little on the project – though according …

Back in March, we reported that a film based on Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs IP was in development, directed by Mathieu Turi and starring Sophie Wilde. In a surprising announcement, the team have confirmed that the Watch Dogs movie is already underway, with filming having now started. Making the announcement on …

The Resident Evil series is one of the most acclaimed and well-loved in the video games industry, with a majority of the franchise’s mainline releases being both commercial and critical juggernauts. Unfortunately, Resident Evil has not fared as well in the film space. This does not appear to be stopping …

The Sonic the Hedgehog film series has done well for SEGA so far, with both the 2020 title and its sequel performing well at the box office and being equally as well received by fans and critics alike. Just as we saw with Knuckles the Echidna, SEGA/Paramount are going all …

Following the overwhelming success of the Super Mario Bros. movie, Nintendo quickly greenlit an adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. Though the film is set to be live-action, the project’s director has expressed his hopes to “fulfil people’s greatest desires” with the project.

2023’s Super Mario Bros. Movie ended up being one of the biggest films of the year, raking in over 1.36 Billion and cementing itself as not only the most successful video game adaptation of all time, but also the highest grossing animated feature ever. It therefore comes as little surprise …

Films based on popular video game IPs have become the new hotness in Hollywood, with the likes of Sonic, Mario and Uncharted all having been adapted for the silver screen in recent years – with many more in development. Adding on to the list of adaptations is Ubisoft, with a Watch Dogs film officially announced to be on its way.

Until Dawn was a PlayStation 4 exclusive choice-based narrative title developed by Supermassive Games back in 2015. Though the game was a modest success, neither Sony nor Supermassive have returned to the property since…until now. Almost a decade after its initial release, Until Dawn is set to get a film adaptation.

As far back as 2014 there have been rumours circulating that a Minecraft movie was in development. We have heard bits and pieces regarding the film in the many years since, with the movie claimed to be arriving in 2025. Now, we have perhaps had the biggest piece of news …

Late last year we reported that a film adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding was in the works – though very few specifics were shared at the time. While the project still remains a relative mystery, Kojima has now announced a surprising partnership. In a press release published to their …

Following the overwhelming success of The Super Mario Bros Movie, it did not come as a surprise to see that a Zelda adaptation was greenlit shortly after. Despite being a live-action project, the film’s director has compared his ambitions for the Zelda movie to the works of Studio Ghibli, being …