It remains to be seen how many of them will progress and see the light of day, and only a fraction of them have actual release dates. But we monitor those projects and fulfill them!
For the purposes of this list, we classify a “video game movie” or a “TV show” as a true adaptation of an existing video game, so anything like Wrecking Ralph (which is just a video game movie) wouldn’t qualify. They don’t need to be faithful adaptations, they simply need to be based on a real game.
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For those keeping track, here’s the full lineup of upcoming video game movie and TV show adaptations:
The following titles have been reported to be in development in the past but their status is currently unknown and they may no longer be actually happening:
The following are the most definite projects that are currently in the works.
Release date: April 2025 on Max
After a notable first season, HBO’s The Last of Us will return in April 2025 with seven new episodes based on the second game in the franchise from Naughty Dog and PlayStation. We haven’t gained many important story points for the new season yet. We still don’t know who will play some of our favorite characters from the game, adding Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Young Manzino as Jesse, and Isabella Merced as Dina.
He also showed through showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann that Season 2 will have a shorter number of episodes, but that Season 3 may be “considerably bigger. “
In our review of HBO’s The Last of Us, we called it “a stunning adaptation of one of the most impactful stories told in video games, brilliantly bringing Joel and Ellie’s adventure to a whole new audience. Capturing the essence of What made the original such a long-lasting story that builds up the overall game while simultaneously converting certain facets to completely mind-blowing maximum effect.
Release Date: April 4, 2025
Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) had already been commissioned to direct the Minecraft movie, which scheduled for release in March 2022. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been behind schedule and its theatrical release date is now April 4. , 2025. Jared Hess of Napoleon Dynamite then took over the direction of the film.
Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa, will star in the film alongside Jack Black, who will play Steve. Jennifer Coolidge, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen will build the elements.
Release Date: April 25, 2025
Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn gets a film adaptation with Shazam!and Lights Out director David F. Sandberg. The Invitation’s Blair Butler wrote the script and Gary Dauberman is doing the final draft.
Until Dawn hits theaters on April 25, 2025, and will feature a new story and a new cast of characters who will be in terrible danger.
Release Date: October 24, 2025
New Line is moving forward with Mortal Kombat 2, the sequel to 2021’s live-action adaptation of the legendary fighting game series. Moon Knight’s Jeremy Slater is writing the script and Simon McQuoid, who helmed the first film, is back to direct again.
Karl Urban plays Johnny Cage and Adeline Rudolph will take on the role of Kitana.
Release Date: December 5, 2025
Universal Pictures has confirmed that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will make its way to theaters in 2025. However, we still don’t know much about the film that will be the follow-up to Blumhouse Productions’ most successful movie ever.
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Danny and Michael Philippou, the Australian brothers who directed Talk to Me and are part of the RackaRacka YouTube channel, were set to direct Legendary’s new Street Fighter movie, but had to drop out due to scheduling issues. by 2026.
Release date: April 3, 2026
Mario Day 2024 brought us the news that a new Super Mario Bros. Movie was officially in development and will be jump into theaters on April 3, 2026. We don’t know much about the movie, but Shigeru Miyamoto shared the team is “thinking about broadening Mario’s world further, and it’ll have a bright an fun story!”
A sequel to Super Mario Bros. Movie had to have been the best decision for Nintendo, as it was seen by more than 168. 1 million people worldwide and grossed more than $1,349 million at the international box office.
Release date: TBD on Prime Video
The first season of Prime Video’s Fallout series was a huge success. In our Fallout TV show review, we said, “A bright and funny apocalypse filled with dark punchlines and bursts of ultra-violence, Fallout is among the best video game adaptations ever made.”
While we don’t know much about season 2, showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner said the team is racing “as fast as possible” to get it to fans. While you wait, be sure to check out the 14 Things We’re Waiting For. of the next batch of episodes.
Release date: TBA on Netflix
Netflix’s The Witcher will officially return for a fourth season, but it will do so with a new Geralt of Rivia, as Liam Hemsworth from The Hunger Games will update Henry Cavill. We don’t know much else about Season 4, however, Netflix shared an official first look at Hemsworth as Geralt in May 2024. A fifth and final season is also in the works.
Release Date: TBA
The Legend of Zelda will officially receive the live-action film solution and will be produced by Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, president of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.
While we don’t know anything else about the story the film will tell, it will be directed by Wes Ball and will be co-financed through Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will finance more than 50% of the film and theatrical distribution. will be processed through Sony.
If, like us, you can’t wait to see The Legend of Zelda movie, you should know that we once predicted that the movie would eventually arrive as an April Fool’s Day joke.
Release date: TBD on Prime Video
Video game adaptations are only smart when the managers and production don’t stray too far from the original theme and the casting is done correctly.
way too many video games being turned into movies and tv shows imo. nostalgia watchers do make up a decent sized demographic but all it takes is a flood of these type of movies and i predict the trend will wear off quickly as hollywood slices and dices great video games like borderlands throwing in people like kevin heart who just dont fit into the actually story well. not many hollywood people can fit in well. we will need new faces and new actors to pull off successful movies or tv shows.
When is American Truck Simulator released?
There hasn’t been a truck movie since Over the Top
I think the Mario movie will be solid and I have relatively high hopes for TLOU. Everything else though? It’s all either wait and see (Fallout, God of War), or I expect failure (Halo season 2).
I would say that of all the houses indexed here, Bioshock would hypothetically be the one that would have excited me the most, especially years ago when they were talking about a movie. But a live action edition made through Netflix? I hope it’s low. I wish they had followed Bioshock’s animation direction, as Netflix has made some pretty solid video game-like animation projects. Instead, I hope it’s like The Witcher, so I’m excited to see him killed off.
This may sound stupid (something I’m an expert on), but I noticed that they stopped looking to make video game videos that imitated video games and took the themes and concepts and turned them into undeniable movies (or TV shows).
I feel like some of them will never see the light of day, but I’m still excited.
Pretty sure a lot of the top listed projects have been cancelled.
a well-done Bioshock action can easily be the movie of the year or whatever the corresponding value is.
A Portal movie in the same vein as Cube could be just great. Unfortunately, it turns out the director of Bioshock needs to do it like this: sci-fi with social commentary, no society, usually just a guy walking around. Why not show the fall of Rapture society? That’s the whole point of the game.
I hope that Mass Effect, in its current form, never makes it to the screen. He’s too smart and too much for a guy whose big credits are Kin and Fast and Furious 23 to help him.
The prestige of God of War has been in doubt since the showrunners of Expanse abandoned ship. It’s sad, because those guys know how to expand characters and their action is top-notch.
Horizon could be really good with better-developed characters. Control could be just the freaky mix of X-Files and Twin Peaks that the world needs right now, with a strong enough adaptation.
We’ll Legend ot Zelda is Nintendo’s most suitable franchise for a live-action adaptation, as Metroid doesn’t have the sales or popularity of a film adaptation and Nintendo’s other active franchises are more child-oriented.
Cool to see Firewatch on the list, that game had an incredibly heartfelt story.
Some of them I had no idea about and they seem potentially amazing. The only two considerations I have are that, first, many are animated and, second, many films want to be shown to tell their stories. I just don’t know how you can condense things like Death Stranding or Ghosts of Tsushima into a few hours of film.
I’m horrified that Zelda is disappointing. You can’t fit a game like Zelda into that amount of time. If they had said it would be a trilogy, maybe I would be optimistic. I like who’s involved, but this is by far the most important video game adaptation ever made. As far as I’m concerned, at least the taste and touch of Denis Villeneuve was needed. It’s not the maze runner, no offense, but of course, it’s too vital.
We know that there are a lot of video games that you can turn into movies, but it’s an incredible amount that lately is in progression and/or probably is in progression. It’s great to see some PS2 classics like Beyond Good.