It might be hard to believe, but video game movies have started to bend a curve. The long-ridiculed genre has seen a steady rise in critical acclaim and box office appearances, thanks to many like curse breakers Sonic the Hedgehog, werewolves insideAnd The Super Mario Bros. Movie. This has fueled optimism for future video game movies and raised expectations much higher than they were in the 1990s and 2000s.
Numerous video game film adaptations are currently in the works, including sequels, reboots, and theatrical debuts. It’s worth noting that just because a video game adaptation is in development doesn’t mean it will come to fruition or not undergo extensive rewrites and changes. Either way, strange as that may sound, it’s exciting to see what the future holds for video game movies.
10 Five nights at Freddy’s
Tentative release date: October 27, 2023
Five nights at Freddy’s is an immensely popular horror franchise for young gamers that first released in 2014 and has been releasing new games and media every year since. at its core, Five nights at Freddy’s is all about surviving the night of murderous animatronic animals at a pizza restaurant, but its lore has grown much deeper.
Blumhouses Five nights at Freddy’s is locked up for the Halloween season and competes against each other X seen. Five nights at Freddy’s It stars Josh Hutcherson as security guard Mike Schmidt and Matthew Lillard as William Afton, the co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment whose past is the focus Five nights at Freddy’s Franchise.
9 border areas
Tentative release date: TBA
border areas is a hilarious looter shooter that never took itself seriously. border areas offers fun and frantic gameplay whether you play alone or with friends, and never misses an opportunity to make players laugh. For those who doubt border areas has a great story to tell, look no further than Telltale Game Stories from the Borderlandswhich features fantastic writing and characters.
border areas Stars Kevin Hart as Roland, Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Jack Black as Claptrap and Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Patricia Tannis. A first look silhouette cast shot was released in 2021. border areas Recently filmed reshoots in January following a test screening in November 2022, leaving a 2023 release in doubt.
8th Minecraft
Tentative release date: April 4, 2025
Similar to Five nights at Freddy’s, Minecraft is incredibly popular with children, which has led to it becoming the best-selling video game of all time. Minecraft’s The simple sandbox building concept encouraged creativity as players build everything from replicas of their homes to entire cities.
Minecraft has since expanded into various genres, including narrative ones Minecraft: Story Mode by Telltale Games. After much delay and turnover, live-action Warner Bros Minecraft The film is slated for release in April 2025. Jared Hess, known for Napoleon dynamite And Nacho Libreis hired to direct the Minecraft Movie starring Jason Momoa.
7 Return to Silent Hill
Tentative release date: TBA
silent Hill is at the beginning of its video game renaissance with a remake of Silent Hill 2 deep in development and a new one silent Hill Entry recently announced. silent Hill returns to the big screen Return to Silent Hill.
The original silent Hill The movie is one of the most underrated video game movies, but its sequel Silent Hill: Revelationloosely based on Silenthill 3is much less popular. Return to Silent Hill brings back the original film’s director, Christophe Gans, and will serve as a sequel to the original silent Hilldrawing of Silent Hill 2. Konami will release storyboard images in late 2022.
6 street fighter
Tentative release date: TBA
street fighter didn’t have a good theatrical history. The original street fighter The film was widely panned, though it gained a cult following thanks to Raul Julia’s performance as M. Bison. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is frequently cited as one of the worst video game movies.
Legendary Pictures acquired the rights to street fighter in April and began developing a new film. The animated Street Fighter II: The Movie And Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fistan edited web series, both prove they’re awesome street fighter film can be made. Hopefully the third time is the charm for Hollywood.
Tentative release date: TBA
A Solid metal gear Film was first announced in 2006 but only started to gain momentum in the late 2010s. Squeezing the story and exposition heavy metal gears Turning a franchise into a film format might feel insurmountable, but if Columbia Pictures can make it work, fans could end up with a totally thrilling spy movie.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, known for Kong: Skull Islandwas hired to run it Solid metal gear Film in 2014 and is still on the project. The last known script was submitted at the end of 2019. A year later, it was announced that Oscar Isaac had been cast as Solid Snake. Since then there have been no further developments.
4 Spirit of Tsushima
Tentative release date: TBA
Spirit of Tsushima is one of Sony’s latest hit IPs, produced by Sucker Punch Productions. Spirit of TsushimaThe critically acclaimed story draws heavily on Akira Kurosawa’s classic samurai films with great direction and setting.
Spirit of Tsushima is being developed by PlayStation Productions, with Sucker Punch serving as executive producer. Chad Stahelski, known for the John Wick Series, directs, Takashi Doscher writes the screenplay. Stahelski has stated that he wants to “push” on the color palette Spirit of Tsushima film while also expressing an interest in a grainy “Kurosawa mode” black and white version of the film that the Spirit of Tsushima game can be played.
3 Pac Man
Tentative release date: TBA
With Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario taking the lead for great video game movies, it’s definitely time for Pac-Man to join the fun. Pac-Man has had a few cameo appearances in films and had a major role in 2015 pixelbut has never had a theatrical solo film.
Live action from 2022 Pac Man The film is in the works of Wayfarer Studios in association with Bandai Namco Entertainment and Lightbeam Entertainment. The Pac Man The film is based on an original idea by Chuck Williams, who served as associate producer on the first sound Movie. That fact should give Pac Man fans some reassurance.
2 BioShock
Tentative release date: TBA
A BioShock The film was originally developed at Universal Studios in 2008. Budget problems and original director Gore Verbinski’s desire to give the film an R rating dashed all hopes of the early attempts BioShock Movie.
The BioShock Film was revived in 2022 and found a home on Netflix. Netflix will produce the film with Take-Two and Vertigo Entertainment. Francis Lawrence, known for I am Legend and three of The hunger Games Movies, is set to direct. In the meantime, logan And Blade Runner 2049 Michael Green will write the screenplay. Netflix hopes for the dystopia BioShock will launch a cinematic universe.
1 war implements
Tentative release date: TBA
Similar to BioShock, war implements has had a hard time transitioning to the big screen. Its rights were originally purchased by New Line Cinema in 2007. By 2016, Universal was developing the film as a film set in war implements universe rather than being based on a specific game.
In the same footsteps of BioShock, war implements re-entered development alongside The Coalition via Netflix. Nothing is known about this iteration war implements Movie. Actor and former WWE star Dave Bautista has continued to champion the role of Marcus Fenix, once lending his voice and likeness to a limited-time DLC skin for Marcus gears 5.
