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 “TV show” as an actual adaptation of an existing video game, so something like Wreck-It Ralph (which is just a movie about video games) wouldn’t qualify. They don’t have to be faithful adaptations – they just have to be based on a real game.
Click on through the slideshow below for a glimpse, or read on to find out about the biggest projects with definite details. And if you see something incorrect, missing, or in need of an update, let us know in the comments!
For those following, here’s the full diversity of upcoming video game TV show and video adaptations:
The following titles have been reported to be in development in the past, but lately their prestige is unknown and it is imaginable that they are no longer actually available:
The following are the most definite projects that are currently in the works.
Release Date: April 2025 on Max
After a notable first season, The Last of Us of HBO will return in April 2025 with seven new episodes based on the game of the moment in the Naughty Dog and PlayStation franchise. We have not yet won many main points about the history of the new season, but we know who will play some of our favorite game characters, adding Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Young Manzino as Jesse and Isabella Merced as Dina.
It was also confirmed by showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann that Season 2 will have a shorter episode count, but that Season 3 could be “significantly larger.”
In our review of HBO’s The Last of Us, we said it “is a breathtaking adaptation of one of the most impactful stories told in video games and brilliantly brings Joel and Ellie’s journey to a whole new audience. Taking the essence of what made the original tale so enduring, it builds out the world of the game while also switching up some aspects to almost entirely stunning effect.”
Release Date: April 4, 2025
Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) had once been attached to direct the Minecraft movie, which was scheduled to be released in March 2022. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was delayed and now has a theatrical release date of April 4, 2025. Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess later took over as director.
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.
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 will be released in theaters on April 25, 2025, and will offer a new story and a new cast of characters who will be in horrific danger.
Release Date: October 24, 2025
New Line is advancing with Mortal Kombat 2, the sequel to the adaptation of live action of 2021 of the series of mythical combat games. Jeremy Slater of Moon Knight is writing the script and Simon McQloid, who directed the first movie, is back to lead.
Karl Urban plays Johnny Cage and Adeline Rudolph will assume the role of Kitana.
Release Date: Dec. 5, 2025
Universal Pictures has shown that five nights in Freddy’s 2 will arrive at theaters in 2025. However, we still do not know much about the sequel to the maximum successful film of Blumhouse Productions.
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Danny and Michael Philippou, the Australian brothers who ran Talk to Me and are part of the RackaRacka YouTube channel, were meant 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 move for Nintendo, as it was watched by over 168. 1 million people worldwide and grossed over $1. 349 billion at the global box office.
Release date: TBD in Prime Video
The first season of the Fallout of Prime Video is a great success. In our review of the Fallout Television program, we said: “A bright and fun apocalypse full of dark auctions and ultraviolence fragments, Fallout is one of the most productive video game adaptations ever made. “
Although we don’t know much about season 2, showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dorket and Graham Wagner said the team worked “as temporarily as possible” to bring it to fans. While you wait, be sure to check out the 14 Things We Need in the Next Percentage of Episodes.
Release Date: To be confirmed in Netflix
Netflix The Witcher will officially return for a fourth season, but will do it with a new Riv Geralt since Liam Hemsworth through Hunger Games will update Henry Cavill. We know much more about season 4, but Netflix shared a first official Hemsworth review in Geralt’s role in May 2024. A fifth and final season is also being prepared.
Release Date: TBA
The Legend of Zelda is officially obtaining the film’s cinematographic remedy and occurs through Shigeru Miyamoto de Nintendo and Avi Arad, president of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.
While we don’t know anything else about what story the film will tell, it will be directed by Wes Ball and will be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will be financing more than 50% of the movie and the theatrical distribution will be done by Sony.
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Release Date: TBA Video
The adaptations of video games are only intelligent when administrators and production do not deviate away from the curtain of origin and casting is done correctly.
In my opinion, too many video games are turned into videos and TV shows. Nostalgic viewers make up a decent-sized demographic, but all it takes is an onslaught of those types of videos and I expect the trend to temporarily fade as they go. Hollywood cuts and splits big video games like Borderlands by throwing other people like Kevin Heart who just don’t have compatibility. Few people in Hollywood can have good matching. We will need new faces and new actors to succeed in videos or TV shows.
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I think the movie Mario will be forged and I have high hopes for Tlou. Everything else? It’s either wait and see (Fallout, God of War), or wait for failure (Halo season 2).
I would say of all the properties listed here, Bioshock would hypothetically be the one I would have been the most excited for, especially years ago when they were talking about a movie. But a live action version done by Netflix? I’m expecting that to be weak. I wish they went the animated route for Bioshock since Netflix has done some pretty solid animated, video-game related projects. Instead I expect it to be like the Witcher so I’m not excited to see how they butcher it.
It may seem stupid (something I’m an expert at), but I noticed that they stopped trying to make video game videos imitating video games and took themes, ideas and concepts and turned them into undeniable movies (or TV shows).
I feel like half ot those won’t ever see the light of day but I’m still excited.
Many of the main indexed projects have been canceled.
A well -made bioshock action can be without problems the film of the year or whatever the corresponding value.
A Portal movie in the same vein as Cube can be just great. Unfortunately, it turns out that the Bioshock director 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 the 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.
God of War’s status is in question since the Expanse showrunners jumped ship. Sad, ‘cos those guys really know how to develop characters, and their action is top-notch.
Horizon may be smart with more evolved characters. Control may just be the strange combination of The X-Files and Twin Peaks that the world wants right now, with a strong enough adaptation.
We’ll Legend ot Zelda is probably the most suitable Nintendo franchise for a live action adaptation, since Metroid doesn’t have the sales or popularity for a film adaptation and the rest of Nintendos active franchises are pretty much for kids.
Cool to see Firewatch on the list, that game had an incredibly heartfelt story.
Some of them had no concept and it seems like it’s potentially unbelievable. The only two considerations I have is that first, many are animated, and second, many films will have to be shown to tell their stories. I just don’t know how you condense things like death or the ghost of Tsushima into a film of a few hours.
I am horrified that Zelda is disappointing. You can’t put a game like Zelda in that amount of time. If they had said it would be a trilogy, perhaps it would be optimistic. I like who is involved, but this is, by far, the best video game adaptation of all time. As regards me, I needed the taste and touch of Denis Villeneuve. He is not Maze Runner’s boy, without offending, but this is still too mucharray
Curious fact. My wife works in a company whose sister is married to Wes and I wonder if I can appear in Zelda. lol.