The history of Hollywood adapting video games in movies and TV shows has been a little spotty, to say the least, but in recent years, I think the tide has been turning. With shows like The Last of Us and Fallout, video game fans have developed a little hope to see their favorite adapted into a great piece of art and while there will still be wasted efforts like Netflix’s The Witcher and Paramount+’s Halo, they are still only two shows. So, in keeping with that spirit of hope we created a list of the 10 best TV shows that were adapted from video games, they can be original stories in the world of video games but they have to be connected to the original IP.
Knuckles (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On)
Knuckles is a comedy-adventure series created by John Whittington and Toby Ascher. Based on the Sonic the Hedgehog...
Knuckles (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On)
Knuckles is a comedy-adventure series created by John Whittington and Toby Ascher. Based on the Sonic the Hedgehog...
- 5/30/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
CD Projekt Red is teaming with Anonymous Content to develop a live-action project set within the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.
The project, which will feature an all-new story set in the world of the game franchise, is still in the early development stages and currently looking for a screenwriter, Ck Projekt Red announced Thursday.
The gaming developer, which is also behind the acclaimed The Witcher game series, revealed the show will be developed in close collaboration with the Cyberpunk 2077 creative team as well as Garrett Kemble, Anonymous Content Studios’ head of television, its director of development Ryan Schwartz and Cco David Levine. Levine previously served as HBO’s executive vp and co-head of drama for more than a decade, where he oversaw production on True Detective, Westworld and True Blood.
Kemble, David Levine, Ryan Schwartz, and Bard Dorros will produce for Anonymous Content alongside Charlie Scully.
Cyberpunk 2077, which has sold more than 25 million copies,...
The project, which will feature an all-new story set in the world of the game franchise, is still in the early development stages and currently looking for a screenwriter, Ck Projekt Red announced Thursday.
The gaming developer, which is also behind the acclaimed The Witcher game series, revealed the show will be developed in close collaboration with the Cyberpunk 2077 creative team as well as Garrett Kemble, Anonymous Content Studios’ head of television, its director of development Ryan Schwartz and Cco David Levine. Levine previously served as HBO’s executive vp and co-head of drama for more than a decade, where he oversaw production on True Detective, Westworld and True Blood.
Kemble, David Levine, Ryan Schwartz, and Bard Dorros will produce for Anonymous Content alongside Charlie Scully.
Cyberpunk 2077, which has sold more than 25 million copies,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Television is going full fan boy for video game adaptations.
Earlier this month, Amazon greenlit a new series based on award-winning PlayStation game God of War, with Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins and The Expanse creators Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby on board.
HBO’s The Last of Us, a hotly-anticipated small-screen version of the 2013 action-adventure game from Naughty Dog and Sony, created by Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, one of the game’s original directors, drops Jan. 15.
They join a long list of game-to-series adaptations, from Halo (Paramount+) to Twisted Metal (Peacock) and Horizon (Netflix). Alongside God of War, Amazon is also moving forward with its TV version of post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout, being adapted by Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan.
All of the adaptations hope to capitalize on the games’ devoted base of hard core fans. But Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the hit anime series...
Earlier this month, Amazon greenlit a new series based on award-winning PlayStation game God of War, with Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins and The Expanse creators Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby on board.
HBO’s The Last of Us, a hotly-anticipated small-screen version of the 2013 action-adventure game from Naughty Dog and Sony, created by Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, one of the game’s original directors, drops Jan. 15.
They join a long list of game-to-series adaptations, from Halo (Paramount+) to Twisted Metal (Peacock) and Horizon (Netflix). Alongside God of War, Amazon is also moving forward with its TV version of post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout, being adapted by Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan.
All of the adaptations hope to capitalize on the games’ devoted base of hard core fans. But Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the hit anime series...
- 1/4/2023
- by Gianmaria Tammaro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The series tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in Night City — a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he stays alive by becoming an edgerunner — a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.
CD Projekt Red, the company behind the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, is producing the series with Rafał Jaki as Showrunner and Executive Producer, with Satoru Homma, Bartosz Sztybor and Saya Elder serving as producers. The team at CD Projekt Red has been working on this new series since 2018. Acclaimed Japan-based animation company, Studio Trigger, will serve as the animation studio on the series and bring the world of Cyberpunk to life with their signature, vibrant style. Hiroyuki Imaishi will direct the series along with creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi (Kill la Kill), character designer and animation director Yoh Yoshinari, and the adapted screenplay by Yoshiki Usa and...
CD Projekt Red, the company behind the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, is producing the series with Rafał Jaki as Showrunner and Executive Producer, with Satoru Homma, Bartosz Sztybor and Saya Elder serving as producers. The team at CD Projekt Red has been working on this new series since 2018. Acclaimed Japan-based animation company, Studio Trigger, will serve as the animation studio on the series and bring the world of Cyberpunk to life with their signature, vibrant style. Hiroyuki Imaishi will direct the series along with creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi (Kill la Kill), character designer and animation director Yoh Yoshinari, and the adapted screenplay by Yoshiki Usa and...
- 9/6/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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