Sony has massive Hollywood plans for its hit gaming franchises. The PlayStation 5 maker introduced a sequence of recent film spin-offs at CES 2025 this week, together with film variations of Helldivers 2 and Horizon Zero Daybreak, in addition to an anime spin-off of Ghost of Tsushima.
Horizon Zero Daybreak, a recreation about combating large robotic monsters which have taken over earth, might be dropped at the large display screen by way of a partnership between PlayStation Productions and Columbia Photos, Sony introduced onstage at its CES press convention on Monday. The Helldivers adaptation, in the meantime, might be made by Sony Photos. Neither has a projected launch date but, which is sensible not less than in Helldivers’ case. Nobody anticipated it to be such an enormous hit only a yr in the past.
In fact, Helldivers 2, a militaristic parody of a futuristic fascist empire combating off alien invaders, is kind of already a film. It’s referred to as Starship Troopers, the Paul Verhoeven motion comedy based mostly on the sci-fi novel by Robert Heinlein. Then once more, this wouldn’t be the primary time Sony made a film from a recreation that’s loosely impressed by one other film. That’s, in spite of everything, successfully what the Uncharted adaptation was, which starred Tom Holland because the Indiana Jones-esque treasure hunter Nathan Drake.
Sony additionally revealed that Ghost of Tsushima might be getting an anime sequence referred to as Legends. It’s being made for the streaming service Crunchyroll by Aniplex, the studio behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and directed by Takanobu Mizuno, identified for Star Wars: Visions -“The Duel.” It’s a methods off, although, as Ghost of Tsushima: Legends isn’t set to launch till 2027. Within the meantime, the 2020 recreation’s sequel, Ghost of Yotei, is ready to reach on PS5 late this yr.
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