The past few years have been great in terms of movies and shows based on classic (and modern classic) games, but we’re just getting started with all these promising upcoming video game adaptations. It doesn’t take long to find some hotly anticipated releases on the 2026 movie schedule that have me all kinds of excited. The same can be said about the 2026 TV schedule, as both are filled with reasons to think this could be the biggest year for video game adaptations of all time.
In the very near future, video game fans will see classic games come to the big screen and TV sets (and computers and phones) as films and shows like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Mortal Kombat II, Sonic the Hedgehog 4, and more will all be coming out. Here are all the upcoming video game movies and TV shows I’m most excited to see in 2026 and beyond…
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – April 1, 2026
We’re finally about to return to the Mushroom Kingdom (and beyond), as the follow-up to Nintendo and Illumination’s box office smash hit, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, is coming to the big screen next month. The highly anticipated Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which has a release date of April 1, 2026, will follow Mario and Peach as they travel through the galaxy to take on Bowser Jr. and all other kinds of cartoonishly evil villains. There’s a lot of buzz surrounding this one. From the debut of Yoshi to the possibility of Star Fox making his way to the big screen, there’s a lot to be excited about with this one.
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Exit 8 – April 10, 2026
First released back in 2023 (with ports to various consoles over the next two years) The Exit 8 appears as nothing more than a walking simulator set in a seemingly normal Japanese subway station. However, this highly addictive and utterly unnerving psychological horror game is an experience like no other, with its shifting corridors, nearly empty platforms, and mysterious figures walking about. And now the worldwide sensation from Kotake Create is getting a movie adaptation of its own.
In early 2025, outlets like Bloody Disgusting reported that Toho Co., Ltd., which has released dozens of Godzilla movies over the years, was putting out a live-action adaptation of the popular game with Genki Kawamura adapting the project. The Japanese release came later that year, but now it’s finally coming stateside with an April 10, 2026, release. If you’ve never played the game, it’s currently under $5 on the PlayStation digital store.
Devil May Cry Season 2 – May 12, 2026
Not long after Devil May Cry, the animated adaptation of the Capcom video game franchise of the same name, debuted on Netflix in 2025, the streamer announced that orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire, Dante, will be back once again to take on all manner of threats, both living and undead.
Several months later, in August 2025, Netflix released the first Devil May Cry Season 2 teaser along with a 2026 release window. It has since been revealed that we’ll be seeing Dante back in action starting May 12, 2026.
Mortal Kombat II – May 15, 2026
Despite being one of the 2021 Warner Bros. movies that debuted on HBO Max at the same time it opened in theaters, Mortal Kombat was a sizable box office success, meaning it was all but certain that a sequel would be on the way sooner rather than later. In July 2022, Deadline revealed that New Line had given the sequel the green light while also announcing that Simon McQuoid, who helmed the first movie, would be back in the director’s chair once again.
Though word out of early screenings was good for the upcoming flick, Warner Bros. delayed its release by several months, and now it won’t hit theaters until May 15, 2026. In a matter of months, we’ll finally get to see Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage lead the show and check out some of those gruesome and much-talked-about fatalities.
Resident Evil – September 18, 2026
There have been so many Resident Evil movies over the years, and the franchise is getting the reboot treatment once again. In March 2025, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Weapons director Zach Cregger was taking a shot at the next adaptation of the classic survival horror game. Best of all, a release date has already been set for September 18, 2026, which is a little more than 30 years after the first game in the series hit store shelves back in March 1996.
When speaking at CinemaCon 2025 (via Deadline), Cregger described the upcoming video game movie as a “wild ride” that will be “unlike any of the previous films” in the franchise. We’re one step closer to seeing this horror movie unleashed, as production wrapped in early 2026, per Deadline. That said, one of my colleagues is already making a case for future movies inspired by Resident Evil Requiem, and they have a point.
Street Fighter – October 16, 2026
Over the years, Street Fighter has been one of the fighting game franchises that has been adapted to the screen multiple times. Well, it looks like Capcom’s iconic quarter-eater is getting another movie in the not-so-distant future. In September 2025, months after it was taken off the 2026 movie schedule, the long-awaited Street Fighter movie was given a new date. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kitao Sakurai’s live-action spin on the fighter will hit theaters on October 16, 2026.
The Street Fighter cast, which features David Dastmalchian, Orville Peck, Callina Liang, Andrew Schulz, Andrew Koji, Jason Momoa, Noah Centineo, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, and others playing iconic characters, looks absolutely incredible. They look so flashy, so cartoony, and so utterly awesome.
Madden – November 26, 2026
Imagine a Venn diagram where one circle is represented by video games and the other is focused on sports. In these two circles, you’ll find the legendary NFL coach, broadcaster, and video game icon John Madden. The late great football icon is getting a biopic later this year, one that will focus on both his success in football and the development of the Madden NFL game series that’s been a perennial favorite for 30-plus years.
Directed by David O. Russell, Madden will star Nicolas Cage as the legendary figure, Christian Bale as late football coach and owner Al Davis, Kathryn Hahn as Madden’s wife, Virginia, and John Mulaney as Trip Hawkins, the founder of Electronic Arts. If this movie is half as great as its first trailer makes it out to be, November 26 cannot come soon enough.
Angry Birds 3 – December 23, 2026
Fans of addictive free-to-play mobile games (and movies based on them) are probably stoked to hear that The Angry Birds Movie 3 is happening after all these years. First announced in June 2024, the third movie based on the highly addictive game is coming to theaters on December 23, 2026, per Deadline.
Though details are limited at this time, at least in terms of plot, the movie will feature a cast led by Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, Danny McBride, Keke Palmer, and Mr. Beast. This could be a fun way to spend a couple of hours with the family (or send your kids and their grandparents) at the movies this holiday season.
The Witerch Season 5 – 2026
Things will soon be coming to an end for Geralt, or at least the TV version played by Liam Hemsworth. The Netflix series based on the book series that also spawned a popular video game franchise of the same name will wrap things up when the fifth and final season premieres at some point down the road.
Netflix announced on Tudum in February 2026 that the saga would wrap up by the end of the year, but the streamer stopped short of revealing exactly when those hotly anticipated episodes will drop.
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 – March 19, 2027
With the success of the first two movies in the franchise, and the third film doing quite well at the box office, it should come as no surprise that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is coming. On the eve of the Sonic 3 release in December 2024, Variety reported that Paramount Pictures was preparing a fourth film about the iconic Blue Blur that will be coming out at some point in Spring 2027.
Well, in March 2026, Paramount Pictures shared a title reveal trailer, announcing the March 19, 2027, release date and a tease for what’s to come. Not only did the brief video confirm the return of Ben Schwartz’s titular character and Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik, but also the debut of Kristen Bell’s Amy Rose, a beloved fan-favorite character.
The Legend Of Zelda – May 7, 2027
A little more than six months after The Super Mario Bros. movie dominated at the box office in 2024 and became a hit with critics and fans alike, Nintendo announced that one of its other iconic franchises would be getting the big-screen treatment. The live-action Legend of Zelda movie is something fans have wanted for a long time, and at some point in the future, they’ll get just that. And no, it’s not like IGN’s 2008 April Fool’s Day trailer.
In June 2025, the official Nintendo Twitter account announced that The Legend of Zelda would make its big-screen debut on May 7, 2027, a little more than a month after its original planned release. One month later, the Nintendo X account announced that Wes Ball’s adaptation will be led by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link and Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda. Based on everything we’ve seen so far, it’s beginning to look like this will take inspiration from the two most recent Zelda games: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
Another Minecraft Movie – July 23, 2027
It wasn’t that big of a shocker when A Minecraft Movie took the top spot at the box office its opening weekend (or several other weeks after that), and it’s not a big surprise that Warner Bros. is already looking to strike again. In October 2025, WB revealed Another Minecraft Movie, which is slated to open in theaters on July 23, 2027.
We know next to nothing about what the movie will be about, but director Jared Hess told Deadline around the same time that “it’ll be so much fun to go back into the world.” And with Alex, one of the major characters from the game on which the movie is based, showing up in the Minecraft Movie post-credits scene, it seems like we’re just getting started with this adventure.
Funnily enough, months after saying she wanted to star in “a Minecraft Movie” or “a movie where I don’t lose money,” Deadline reported that Kirsten Dunst will be joining the sequel as Alex, one of two playable characters in the original game (Steve being the other).
Helldivers – November 10, 2027
Announced during Sony’s CES 2025 press conference (via IGN), Helldivers 2, one of the biggest game franchises of the past couple of years, is getting a film adaptation. Heavily inspired by Starship Troopers, the online co-op shooter has allowed millions of gamers to get together with groups of friends and go shoot wave after wave of massive, man-eating bugs.
There’s been a great deal of news about this project in the early goings of 2026, including reveals that Justin Lin will be directing, Jason Momoa will be leading the movie, and that it will hit theaters on November 10, 2027!
Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends – 2027
In addition to Chad Stahelski’s live-action adaptation of Ghost of Tsushima, there’s also an anime series based on the decorated 2020 PlayStation exclusive about a young samurai trying to ward off Mongol invaders while also challenging the status quo. Coming to Crunchyroll in 2027 (no date or window has been announced yet), Ghost of Tsushima: Legends will offer an anime treatment of the game and its Legends multiplayer expansion, which incorporates Japanese mythology into the gameplay.
Hopefully, more information will be announced soon, as nothing has been said about this anime series since its announcement more than a year ago.
Untitled Sonic The Hedgehog Movie – December 22, 2028
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 isn’t the only upcoming video game movie about the iconic Sega mascot, as there’s a currently untitled film coming to theaters a year and a few months later. In December 2025, Deadline reported that Paramount Pictures is prepping an untitled Sonic movie for a December 22, 2028, release.
Details are nonexistent at this point, but I bet we’ll start learning more about a possible story and characters the closer we get to the speedster’s big-screen return in March 2027.
Martha Is Dead – TBD
Over the years, we’ve seen a great number of psychological thriller video game adaptations. That tradition will continue at some point in the future, as Martha Is Dead, a 2022 horror game about a woman taking on her twin sister’s identity, is getting the big-screen treatment. The complex, terrifying, and mind-bending thriller set in Italy during World War II has left gamers on the edge of their chairs for several years now, and it could be a similar story for this adaptation.
In 2024, Wired Productions announced that André Hedetoft and Andreas Troedsson will be co-directing Martha Is Dead, with the former also serving as writer and the latter taking on director of photography duties. There hasn’t been a lot in terms of details since this big announcement, but hopefully that changes in the coming months. This one has a lot of potential.
Steal A Brainrot – TBD
My kids are obsessed with Roblox, and like pretty much every kid between the ages of 8 and 12, they can’t get enough of “Steal a Brainrot.” Well, there will soon be no escape, as the popular gaming experience is getting the big-screen treatment. In early 2026, Deadline announced that Story Kitchen was developing the super-popular game into a movie, but no other details have been announced so far.
This one is still very early on in its development, but hopefully, we will start hearing more about it soon.
Baldur’s Gate – TBD
If you thought Craig Mazin was too busy with The Last of Us for other ventures, you’d be wrong, as he’s also adapting another massively successful game for the small screen. In February 2026, Deadline reported that Mazin was working on bringing Baldur’s Gate 3 to the small screen through a partnership with HBO and Hasbro Entertainment.
In a statement provided to the outlet, Mazin admitted that he had put nearly 1,000 hours into playing the game set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, which should be good news for fans of the game and franchise as a whole. There’s no word on when we can expect the series, outside the fact that it will continue the game’s story.
The House Of The Dead – TBD
The House of the Dead franchise has given us some of the best arcade shooters, but also a forgettable movie adaptation. Well, it looks like Hollywood is giving the zombie action franchise another shot, as Paul W.S. Anderson (no stranger to video game movies) is working on an adaptation of the on-rail shooter. With Isabela Merced set to lead the cast (she’s great on The Last of Us), there’s reason to be excited for this one.
Grow A Garden – TBD
I don’t know if this is the case for everyone, but my kids are OBSESSED with Roblox, the sandbox game that allows users to build anything and everything they can imagine (more than Minecraft). While I long thought a movie adaptation would be impossible, it sounds like that’s about to happen, at least for one of its most popular games.
In November 2025, Deadline reported that Story Kitchen was in the process of developing Grow a Garden, a game that has more than 33 billion plays since its launch last year. That’s insane, if I’m being honest. In the highly collaborative game, players grow and tend to lush gardens, so it’ll be interesting to see how that translates into a feature film.
God Of War – TBD
Just a few weeks after November 2022’s God of War Ragnarok was released on PlayStation consoles, Amazon Studios ordered a live-action series based on the popular action-adventure game, as reported by Variety. The upcoming Amazon original series will turn its focus to the 2018 soft-reboot of the property, which saw Kratos living in the Norse realm of Midgard after trying to escape his violent and heartbreaking past in ancient Greece.
In January 2026, Amazon revealed that Sons of Anarchy star Ryan Hurst would be leading the show as Kratos. It was later revealed that Callum Vinson, Mandy Patinkin, Teresa Palmer, and Alastair Duncan had also joined the cast.
Life Is Strange – TBD
Amazon’s Prime Video platform has become the place to go for video game adaptations, and that trend will continue into the future with the upcoming Life is Strange TV show. In September 2025, Variety reported that Amazon was working on a series based on the popular narrative-driven game.
If you have never played Life Is Strange or watched any videos of its sometimes odd presentation, it basically follows a photography student named Max as she discovers she can rewind time. What follows is a series of choices (both minor and significant) as she learns more about her powers and their source. In March 2026, Variety reported that Maisy Stell had been cast as Max while Tatum Grace Hopkins was tapped to play her best friend, Max.
Death Stranding: Mosquito – TBD
Hideo Kojima has never been a person who does one thing at a time, and that will continue with his Death Stranding franchise, which is getting an anime adaptation subtitled Mosquito, on top of the previously announced A24 movie. Based on the Metal Gear Solid creator’s popular Death Stranding franchise, this mysterious animated film looks to expand the already vast universe of the franchise.
Kojima showed off some footage in September 2025 (via IGN), and it sounds right up there with pretty much everything else from the creative and cinema-obsessed video game producer. In it, a man with a strange tentacle stuck to his face swims in water and walks on land, seemingly approaching some kind of humanoid creatures.
Just Cause – TBD
The Just Cause games are some of the most fun you can have on a console, and many have long been calling for a film adaptation of the series. Well, after years in development hell, it looks like that’s going to happen (for real this time) sometime soon. In 2025, The Wrap reported that Jack Ryan writer Aaron Rabin was hired to pen the script, with Blue Beetle helmer Ángel Manuel Soto tasked with directing the adaptation.
Details are limited at this time, but the games follow Rico Rodriguez, a tough-as-nails yet charismatic secret agent who specializes in overthrowing tyrannical regimes around the world.
Chained Together – TBD
Even if you haven’t played it, there’s a chance you’ve seen footage of Chained Together. This multiplayer game, which pairs two people together and forces them to overcome an increasingly difficult obstacle course that goes up, down, and all around, is in the process of being turned into a movie, per Deadline.
In November 2025, the outlet reported that Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert had been hired by Anton to turn the hit game into a movie, but it’ll be interesting to see how these two turn a game largely devoid of story into a box office hit.
Kingmakers – TBD
Netflix is no stranger to video game adaptations, and it appears the massive streaming service is adding another title to that collection: Kingmakers. In December 2025, Deadline reported that Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps was working with Story Kitchen to develop an adaptation of the, as of December 2025, yet-to-be-released action-strategy game set in medieval Great Britain.
No surprise here, but details about this movie are slim to none right now, but the idea of a massive film with knights having large-scale battles and medieval politics could be some bloody good fun.
Far Cry – TBD
Ever since its debut back in the 2000s, the Far Cry franchise has been one of Ubisoft’s hottest properties. The series of open-world games set everywhere from the tropics to Asia to America has allowed players to take on iron-fisted dictators, religious zealots, and old-fashioned psychopaths and explore vast regions. Now, we’re getting a TV show inspired by the games.
Set to come out on FX (and Hulu) at some point in the near future, per Variety, the Far Cry series is being spearheaded by Noah Hawley and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-creator and star Rob Mac (formerly Rob McElhenney), the latter of whom will reportedly star in the show. Not much is known about the series in terms of where it will be set, but it will take a page from the games and be an anthology, with each new season telling a different story.
Overcooked Reality Competition Series – TBD
When I first heard about Netflix and A24 teaming up to turn Overcooked into a TV show, my initial thought was that it was going to be some messed-up psychological thriller about a family being ripped apart by one of the most intense co-op games of the past decade-plus. However, Deadline reported in November 2025 that the two brands were teaming up for a reality competition series inspired by the cooking simulation.
Don’t let the game’s cheery art style fool you. Overcooked is serious business, and I cannot wait to see competitors lose their minds as they try to man a high-stakes kitchen on a soundstage.
Mortal Kombat III – TBD
Wait, Mortal Kombat II hasn’t come out, and they’re already planning a third movie? Yeah, that’s what’s happening, per Variety. Back in October 2025, the outlet reported from the New York Comic Con, where members of the cast and crew of the upcoming sequel revealed that work is being done on a third installment. Jeremy Slater, who penned the soon-to-be-released MKII, as well as Moon Knight, is working on the script.
Tomb Raider Live-Action Series – TBD
Amazon Studios’ Tomb Raider TV show is one of the adaptations I’ve been looking forward to the most, and now it’s about to become a reality. The long-in-the-works project spearheaded by Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge will bring the iconic Lara Croft to the small screen with a new set of adventures, along with one hell of a cast.
After seeing the first-look image of Sophie Turner as the trailblazing video game character, I have the highest hopes for the series that will also star Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, and so many others. With this year being the 30th anniversary of the franchise’s debut, hopefully, that means the show comes out before the end of the year.
Fallout Season 3 – TBD
Fallout Season 2 ended not that long ago, but there’s already talk of a third season. In May 2025, Amazon announced it had renewed the series more than six months before the series returned to Prime Video.
Though details are being kept secret at this moment, co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet teased what could be around the turn when chatting with SFX Magazine (via GamesRadar) in March 2026. Again, not a lot has been said, but it sounds like we’ll be exploring even more regions when the show returns.
Dark Deception – TBD
There have been countless games in the vein of Fight Nights at Freddy’s over the years, with Glowstick Entertainment’s Dark Deception being one of the best. That said, it’s not all that surprising that a film adaptation is in the works with Adrian Speckert and Cory Todd Hughes penning the script, per Deadline.
There were no casting or story details announced when the movie was revealed back in September 2025, but the psychological horror game on which it is based had players attempt to escape diabolical mazes where all kinds of creatures await around every corner.
Finding Frankie – TBD
On top of working on the Dark Deception adaptation, the screenwriting team of Adrian Speckert and Cory Todd Hughes is also hard at work on Finding Frankie, Deadline reported in October 2025. The upcoming video game movie is based on the 2025 game of the same name, which can best be described as Squid Game meets Five Nights at Freddy’s with its colorful yet demented game show setting.
Space Invaders – TBD
We’re two years away from the 50th anniversary of Space Invaders’ debut and the start of the golden age of the arcade, and now it’s finally getting a video game adaptation of its own. In August 2025, Deadline reported that New Line Cinema hired Ben Zazove and Evan Turner to turn the classic arcade game into a big-screen phenomenon.
Nothing has been said about the story at this time, but hopefully that changes sooner rather than later.
Beyond: Two Souls – TBD
Back in 2013, Elliot Page starred in Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls, a revolutionary and complex narrative-based video game that follows a young woman as she tries to make sense of her mysterious powers while escaping the military and terrifying forces of evil. Well, Page is now in the process of turning the popular game into a TV series with Pageboy Productions, Deadline reported in January 2025.
Riders Republic – TBD
We see a lot of video game adaptations, but we don’t see many based on sports games. Well, that’ll change at some point in the near future when Bad Boys: Ride or Die directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah turn Ubisoft’s Riders Republic into a big-screen attraction.
In May 2025, the game publisher announced that the filmmaking duo would be turning its attention to the massive multiplayer experience, allowing its more than 10 million players to race down mountains on everything from bikes to skis to snowboards to wingsuits.
Phasmophobia – TBD
Since it came out in early release in September 2020 (October 2024 for PlayStation and Xbox consoles), Phasmophobia has been one of the scariest and most popular horror games on the market. Taking on the role of a ghosthunter, this first-person game tests its players, physically, mentally, and even spiritually.
Well, the game’s developer, Kinetic Games, has announced that it’s working with Blumhouse to turn the terrifying game into an anxiety-inducing big-screen experience. Details are limited at this point, but that should change in the future.
Call Of Duty – TBD
How it’s taken this long to get a Call of Duty movie in the works is one of the biggest mysteries in Hollywood, but it looks like it’s finally happening. In September 2025, Variety reported that the newly minted Paramount Skydance and Activision are teaming up to bring the outrageously popular first-person shooter series to the big screen in the near future.
Though the cast and story are a mystery at this point, Deadline reported in October 2025 that Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg are teaming up to make this happen. This could go in any direction, considering the franchise’s past. This could be a WWII action thriller, a sci-fi adventure set in the future, or a more modern approach. You could even have zombies.
Wolfenstein – TBD
Amazon has had some success with video game adaptations in recent years, and that trend continues when Wolfenstein hits Prime Video. In July 2025, Variety reported that Amazon MGM Studios was teaming up with MachineGames to bring the revisionist history franchise, where players take on all kinds of Nazis, to the small screen.
The influential first-person shooter series, which has been around for more than 40 years and several retoolings, largely follows William “B.J.” Blazkowicz during and after World War II. It’s hard to imagine this being any different when the show comes to Prime Video at some point in the near future.
Clair Obscura: Expedition 33 – TBD
Clair Obscura: Expedition took the world by storm upon release in April 2025, and then again when it nearly swept the Game Awards. Well, it looks like game developer Sandfall Interactive is wasting no time getting the ball rolling on a live-action adaptation. In January 2025, around three months before the game hit store shelves, Variety reported that the French developer was teaming with Story Kitchen to bring the property to the big screen.
Set in a world inspired by Belle Époque France, Clair Obscura: Expedition 33 follows a titular group as they embark upon a mission to combat and defeat a god-like figure known as the Paintress.
Fans of Twisted Metal are in for a sweet treat, as Peacock is bringing back the vehicular combat series. However, as Deadline reported in November 2025, the series will be without its showrunner, Michael Jonathan Smith, who is departing after two seasons. Don’t get too bent out of shape, as David Reed, whose previous work includes The Boys and Supernatural, is taking over things in that capacity.
The Last Of Us Season 3 – TBD
HBO has already announced that The Last of Us Season 3 is on the way, even with the show’s second season still warm. Nothing has been announced about the third installment of the popular video game adaptation, but with the second season ending at around the halfway point of The Last of Us Part II, it looks like we’re just getting started.Plot details are next to none at this point, but based on the final shot of The Last of Us’ Season 2 finale, it appears as if we’ll be following Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby more when the show returns. Joining her will be Kyriana Kratter as Lev and Michelle Mao as Yara, two crucial characters from the second game, per Deadline.
Also, Deadline has reported that this will most likely be the final season in the show’s run, which makes sense considering where the series left off.
Bioshock – TBD
The sci-fi horror series Bioshock has always been a game franchise that would be well-suited to be adapted into a movie. A great setting with the underwater city of Rapture, a twist-heavy story, and those Big Daddies are just a few of the reasons that make a strong case for an adaptation.
In August 2022, Netflix announced that Francis Lawrence would be directing the upcoming movie, which will be based on a script written by Michael Green, best known for scripting movies like Logan, Blade Runner 2049, and Jungle Cruise. After a long period of no updates, producer Roy Lee told The Direct in September 2025 that while he had to keep things under wraps, the movie would be based on the first game in the franchise.
Assassin’s Creed – TBD
Over the course of the past decade-plus, the Assassin’s Creed video game series from Ubisoft has become one of the most popular and expansive franchises on the market, with installments set everywhere from Renaissance-era Italy, ancient Egypt and Greece, and Norway during the time of the Vikings. Ubisoft and Netflix have partnered up to give Assassin’s Creed a shot as a TV series, less than a decade after the 2016 movie failed to impress.
In July 2025, Netflix Tudum announced that the live-action adaptation was picking up steam and that Roberto Patino and David Wiener were handling the exciting project. That November, Deadline reported that Toby Wallace had been picked to lead the new video game series.
Split Fiction – TBD
Split Fiction, one of the biggest (and best-received) video games of 2025, is already getting a big-screen adaptation with some major talent on both sides of the camera. In April 2025, Variety reported that Sydney Sweeney is set to star in Jon M. Chu’s take on the popular fantasy and sci-fi game about a pair of authors who become trapped in their own creation.
Not a lot has been said about the movie’s release date, cast, or production plans, but Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the screenwriting team behind Deadpool & Wolverine, are writing the screenplay.
OutRun – TBD
Michael Bay will soon be turning his attention to one of the most iconic arcade racers of all time when he adapts OutRun. In April 2025, Deadline reported that Bay, best known for great ‘90s action movies like Bad Boys and The Rock, will direct the long-overdue adaptation that will be produced by Sydney Sweeney. An unabashed car fanatic, maybe Sweeney will do more than just produce this one!
In December 2025, producer Brad Fuller told Comicbook.com the project was “in early stages,” but stopped short of revealing how far along everything was at that point.
Sifu – TBD
Chad Stahelski is quickly becoming one of the busiest names in Hollywood these days, and it doesn’t look like the John Wick franchise director will be slowing down anytime soon. In February 2025, Deadline reported that Stahelski’s 87Eleven Entertainment production company will be turning the revenge-centric game about a martial arts student avenging his mentor into a feature film for Netflix at some point. There’s been no word since.
Sleeping Dogs – TBD
In the years that followed the release of Grand Theft Auto III in 2001, open-world crime games were a dime a dozen. One of the most inventive, engaging, and fun to play was Sleeping Dogs, which was first released on consoles back in 2012 by Square Enix. Despite getting off to a slow start in terms of sales, the game has since gone on to have a reputation for being an all-around great experience.
Well, now it appears as if the Sleeping Dogs movie is actually in full development, according to IGN, and we could see MCU star Simu Liu take on the lead role of undercover police officer Wei Shen. In a December 2025 post on X, Liu announced that Timo Tjahjanto, the director of The Night Comes for Us and Nobody 2, was being eyed to direct the adaptation.
Dead By Daylight – TBD
When it comes to horror games deserving of a film adaptation, Dead by Daylight is near the top of that list. This online multiplayer survival horror game, which pits one player taking on the role of a killer hunting four others, has been around for nearly a decade at the time of this writing and has been played by tens of millions of people. In fact, there are countless expansion DLC packs bringing in everyone from Freddy Krueger to Michael Myers and even Nicolas freaking Cage.
For the past few years, there have been plans to turn the game into a movie, with Jasom Blum leading the charge as producer. And while Blum did tell ComicBook.com in late 2024 that a script was in the works, there was no telling when the movie would actually come to fruition.
Death Stranding – TBD
The Death Stranding adaptation from A24 is one of those projects that makes perfect sense. The game’s creator, Hideo Kojima, has a long history of making cinematic experiences masquerading as video games with his Metal Gear Solid franchise, and the 2019 PlayStation game was no different.
It has been more than three years since Deadline first announced the video game adaptation, but details are nonexistent. However, in April 2025, Deadline reported that A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski would be helming the incredibly ambitious project.
Elden Ring – TBD
The Elden Ring film adaptation is one that fans of the FromSoftware action role-playing game have been dying (and dying and dying and dying) to see since the game based around the Dark Souls series arrived on the scene back in February 2022. The upcoming movie, which doesn’t yet have a release date, will be directed by Alex Garland, according to Variety. For those unaware, the screenwriter-turned-filmmaker is known for writing the 28 Days Later movies while directing thrillers like Ex Machina and Warfare. He’ll reportedly be working with a recent collaborator, as Bandai Namco CEO Nao Udagawa told Variety in December 2025 that producer Peter Rice has come aboard the project.
Plot details are basically unknown at this point, but Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is working on the story, as was the case with the game on which it is based.
Secret Level Season 2 – TBD
Amazon’s Prime Video introduced the video game anthology series Secret Level back in late 2024, and now it looks like we’re getting another season. The series, which was described as a “celebration of games and gamers,” featured original stories set in iconic game franchises like Mega Man, Armored Core, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, to name a few. The series, which had a cast featuring the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Keanu Reeves, was renewed in December 2024, per Deadline.
Watch Dogs – TBD
At some point, Mathieu Turi will present his vision for Watch Dogs, a live-action movie based on the Ubisoft action-adventure game series of the same name. Starring Tom Blyth, Sophie Wilde, and Markella Kavenagh, the movie will feature an original story set in the universe.
Though nothing has been said about a release date at this time, the Ubisoft X account posted in September 2024 that production had wrapped on the project. In September 2025, Blyth told ScreenRant that he had recently gone back to film reshoots, adding that the movie feels like its own thing when compared to the game. No word since.
Mass Effect – TBD
Since the franchise’s debut back in 2007, Mass Effect has given gamers some of the most unforgettable moments and started some of the strangest controversies. Now, it looks like the series of games that primarily focused on Captain Shepard’s quest to save the galaxy is going to be getting the small-screen treatment. Just like it has done with the Fallout and Yakuza properties in recent years, Amazon MGM Studios is developing a series based on the game with Karim Zreik writing the show, as reported by Variety back in late 2024.
It Takes Two – TBD
There have been a lot of great multiplayer co-op games over the years, and one of the best recent examples has to be It Takes Two. Not to be confused with the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie of the same name, the 2021 action-adventure game follows a married couple planning on getting a divorce as their minds are transported to a pair of dolls, and they are forced to get things back to normal.
In April 2022, Variety reported that Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions was working with Amazon to put out the film, but details about the adaptation have been lacking in the years that have followed. In early 2025, the game’s designer, Josef Fares, told Eurogamer he didn’t know what was going on with the project, which is honestly disheartening to hear.
Dredge – TBD
A movie based on a fishing game doesn’t sound too exciting, right? Well, Dredge isn’t your standard fishing simulator, but instead a horror role-playing game following a lone fisherman as he encounters one Lovecraftian creature after another on a series of expeditions. Since its initial release in 2023, the game has taken the world by storm, so it only seems natural for a film adaptation to be in the works.
In April 2024, Variety reported that the game’s developer, Black Salt Games, had partnered with the Story Kitchen production company to create a live-action adaptation of the game. The film’s official logline reads: “Think The Sixth Sense on the water. There haven’t been many updates since then.
Horizon Zero Dawn – TBD
There has been talk of a Horizon Zero Dawn movie for a few years now, and it’s bound to happen sooner or later. Well, we got some new information in January 2025 at Sony’s CES press conference (via IGN), where it was confirmed that the massively popular PlayStation exclusive would be getting the big-screen treatment.
The plan is for the film to be released by Columbia Pictures, which handled the Uncharted adaptation back in 2022, at some point in the future, but no release information has been revealed outside of reports of a possible 2027 rollout, per IGN.
Stray – TBD
In terms of games set in futuristic and dystopian settings, there is nothing cuter than Stray, the 2022 adventure game in which players take on the role of a stray cat trying to make its way back to the surface after falling into a subterranean city. In September 2023, EW reported that Ice Age director Chris Wedge would be helming a movie based on the game for Annapurna, the studio behind the critically acclaimed Nimona. No updates have been provided in quite some time.
The Sims Movie – TBD
The Sims, a game that some would consider impossible to turn into a movie for various reasons, is getting the big-screen treatment. In March 2024, Variety reported that Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap production company was spearheading an adaptation of the popular sandbox series with Loki director Kate Herron helming the project.
Though details about The Sims movie are sparse at the time of this writing, it sounds like the movie will be something fans of the games will love. Hopefully, we will learn more about this sooner rather than later.
Gears Of War – TBD
Gears of War, one of the most popular video game franchises on the Xbox family of consoles, will soon get not one, but two adaptations on Netflix – a live-action movie and an animated TV series. In November 2022, Netflix announced that the story of Delta Squad, which is led by the disgraced sergeant Marcus Fenix, would be at the center of the upcoming adaptations, but didn’t provide too many specific details about either property. David Leitch signed on as the director in May 2025, per THR, but no major updates have been announced since.
Previously, when speaking with Comic Book in February 2025, Dave Bautista, who has been trying to be a part of the project for years, called on fans to petition Netflix to get it together and make this happen already. Please, let this happen!
Ghost Of Tsushima – TBD
In March 2021, Deadline revealed that John Wick director Chad Stahelski was in talks to bring the PlayStation-exclusive Ghost of Tsushima to the big screen, which was remarkable considering the franchise launched the previous summer.
There are many reasons to be excited about a Ghost of Tsushima movie, but Stahelski gave fans of the game even more reason to celebrate in October 2023 when he revealed a ton of new information about the adaptation. Comicbook.com reported on casting rumors (Shogun’s Hiroyuki Sanada, who previously worked with Stahelski on John Wick: Chapter 4) in June 2024, but nothing has been confirmed. Details have been slim to none since.
With so many upcoming video game movies and TV shows in the works, make sure to check back for all the latest on these highly anticipated projects.
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