Daniel Vávra, director of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance franchise, is leaving sport improvement to focus on making a Kingdom Come: Deliverance film.
In an interview with Czech web site CzechCrunch (by way of VGC), studio head Martin Frývaldský revealed that Vávra was stepping away from growing Warhorse Studios’ subsequent sport to focus on Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s big-screen adaptation.
“Dan has a new position. That’s the creation of the Kingdom Come film,” Frývaldský stated (by way of machine translation). “We’ve got been shifting the Kingdom Come model away from video video games for a while now. Thus far we’ve got been in comics, concert events, and tourism, however the movie has attracted us probably the most. That’s the reason Dan and I are working on getting it onto the display or the large display. There may be additionally a draft script.”
“I am positive folks will marvel if that is some sort of breakup with Warhorse,” he added, “No, on the opposite, Dan himself wished to transfer on. He made three video games that have been a international success, he has been wanting to strive one thing totally different for a very long time. Getting Kingdom Come to the display […] within the subsequent few years is one other milestone that we wish to obtain, and that’s Dan’s new position. You will not see him within the workplace daily anymore, however in a broader sense he’s nonetheless a part of Warhorse.”
Requested for the newest on these plans to adapt Kingdom Come: Deliverance for the large display, Frývaldský stated: “For a very long time, folks have been round us who would really like to make a movie of KCD, however then Covid got here and every thing fell asleep. Now, after the discharge of the second sport, we’ve got returned to the thought with a lot larger drive.
“We really feel the curiosity from the movie world, negotiations are already underway. We do not simply need to promote the rights, we wish the movie to be what we think about it to be.”
Frývaldský recommended that Vávra’s new job title may very well be one thing like transmedia director because the group pushes to broaden the franchise past video games.
The primary Kingdom Come: Deliverance online game, launched in 2018, was a smash hit, promoting over 10 million copies. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 got here out final 12 months and has to date offered over 5 million copies.
IGN’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 assessment returned a 9/10. We stated: “Armed with glorious melee fight and an distinctive story, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is one half sequel and one half coronation, bringing a lot of the unique’s concepts to fruition.”
For those who’re questioning simply how a lot has modified in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 because the sport launched in early 2025, we have you coated.
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