You can read more on what we know about Netflix's upcoming Assassins Creed adaptation here. For the longest time, the term "video game movie" was never synonymous with adjectives like good, enjoyable, or even faithful, but that has all changed in recent years with video game movies like Sonic the Hedgehog and shows like HBO's The Last of Us. A big budget TV version of the video game franchise Halo premieres in the US on Paramount Plus tonight, Thursday 24th March. Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series.
Set in an alternate history 1951, the game followed Sergeant Nathan Hale as he and the human resistance forces attempt to drive a mysterious alien-like invasion out of the United Kingdom. Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, an extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla that's been in his care since... [More]. In a technologically advanced future, an elite human soldier takes command of a prototype star ship and works to defend the galaxy from danger. Here's your updated guide to every video game adaptation on or coming soon to Netflix. Mercenaries: While the Mercenaries franchise has been dormant since Mercenaries 2 in 2008, and the proposed Mercenaries 3 was canceled, what better way to revive the franchise than with a sequel tv series, possibly setting up a third game?
No matter how many missteps they've thrown out, or how many critics are nit-picking at most of them, Hollywood will probably never stop producing these video-game based movies. Sci-fi film franchise. A highly trained group of operatives are tasked with going into New York City and saving any potential survivors. Depending on how things proceed, your relationships can lead to everything from heated arguments to solid friendships to (sometimes awkward) romantic entanglements. In case something is wrong or missing you are kindly requested to leave a message below and one of our staff members will be more than happy to help you out. "There's a natural way it fits well with episodic content. Mac Walters, the project director for "Mass Effect: Legendary Edition" — a remastered collection of the sci-fi series' original three games — told Insider during an interview last year that a planned "Mass Effect" movie was scrapped a decade ago.
A few properties are keeping it alive, the likes of which include the Red Dead series. After an epic conflict known as the Galactic War swept through the cosmos. "2K's Cloud Chamber studio is deep in active development on the next iteration of the series, and coupled with our partnership with Netflix, we remain highly confident that BioShock will continue to captivate and engage audiences like never before. At the very least, it manages to bring a message to the audiences about what makes the video games so fun. Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin are producing for Ubisoft Film & Television.
It still earned "only" about $156 million, paling in comparison to the first Tomb Raider film. As with most video games adapted into films, all of the Resident Evil films didn't fare quite well with the critics. Type: Animated Series. The latest update regarding Five Nights at Freddy's came in late 2020 when Jason Blum said the production team was still ironing out the details of its complicated story. Dragon's Lair: The Series.
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the team behind the HBO sci-fi series Westworld are teaming up once again for the Amazon Studios adaptation of Fallout, the long-running dystopian survival video game series that has a history going back to the 1990s. For many years, Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens) and her father, Harry (Sean Bean), have been on the run from dangerous... [More]. By the time the player arrives on the scene in 1960, the underwater city of Rapture and the society that lived there have collapsed into barely functional, steam-punk-ish ruin. Seeing as how this saga takes place across time through the lenses of different men and women, there's simply too much quality material here to fit into a single feature-length body of work. Part of what made Mass Effect so appealing was that it dropped players into a fully realized science fiction universe, complete with complex political machinations and a web of long-simmering alien rivalries. 2d He died the most beloved person on the planet per Ken Burns. Legendary Entertainment is working with Netflix on a brand new Tomb Raider anime series written by The Witcher: Blood Origin writer Tasha Huo. There have been plenty of TV adaptations over the years.
Whatever the scenario, a Bioshock series is almost guaranteed to attract a large crowd. Over the course of the game, you encounter races like the Krogan, a group of misunderstood brutes who look a little like salamanders crossed with velociraptors. Hiding out in... [More]. The virus, spread through paper money, kills millions within the city, and what little remains of society has descended into chaos. The CGI animated digital web series provides the backstory for why Amanda and the Weyland-Yutani team came to be at Sevastopol, and what went down to wipe out so many of that team. The visual effects were also impressive, but the storyline and screenplay still feel short of excellent. Critics Consensus: Angelina Jolie is perfect for the role of Lara Croft, but even she can't save the movie from a senseless plot and action sequences with no emotional impact. Factoring in that the series was created by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, according to Variety, it will most likely find the balance between violence and humor that made the games so much fun to play years ago. Add those together, and you'd arguably be left with appointment viewing. At one point in time, Die Hard writer Jeb Stuart was attached as showrunner, but Collider revealed in January 2023 that Stuart had departed from the project. Let me know in the comments.
Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter may prove mind-numbingly chaotic for the unconverted, but for fans of the venerable franchise, it offers a fittingly kinetic conclusion to its violent post-apocalyptic saga. These characters were faced to fight an intergalactic tournament in a bid to save the Earthrealm. Soul Calibur: With other fighting game franchises such as Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter getting numerous movie and TV adaptions, it's sad to see Soul Calibur left out. This is a franchise designed to appeal to people who enjoy memorizing lore and assembling complex timelines — and the most devoted fans take it very seriously.
Hollywood still has plenty of game adaptations on the way. The T-virus unleashed by the evil Umbrella Corp. has spread to every corner of the globe, infesting the planet with... [More]. The Mass Effect games don't just traffic in distant sci-fi mythology, however. A Metal Gear series on Netflix would give the franchise some much-needed clarity while fleshing out its universe in a new way. The sci-fi horror series Bioshock has always been a game franchise that would be well-suited to be adapted into a movie. Warner Bros. is similarly expanding the DC Extended Universe, but The Boys and Invincible prove there's still room for a different type of superhero story.