Starbreeze has announced a brand new partnership to deliver Payday to movie and TV. The sport studio has teamed up with Vice Studios to adapt the heist-themed sport collection past video games. It seems the rights have modified arms, as Starbreeze beforehand introduced a take care of a unique firm again in 2023 for a live-action adaptation of the franchise. Rights altering arms like this isn’t uncommon.
“The events will collaborate carefully to make sure that future variations seize Payday’s tone, characters, and high-stakes heist vitality, whereas inviting new audiences into the franchise,” Starbreeze stated about itself and Vice Studios.
Starbreeze CEO Adolf Kristjansson stated the aim is to make Payday a “totally leisure platform.” Vice Studios president Amy Powell stated Payday has numerous potential for movie and TV as a result of the collection has loads of “mythology” to be tapped into.
As a part of the deal, Starbreeze confirmed it retains the possession of the Payday IP.
Vice Studios is probably finest identified for the TV present Gangs of London. The corporate additionally helped produce the film Dangerous Apples starring Saoirse Ronan.
The Payday franchise, which debuted in 2011, was created by Overkill Software program. It was a fast success, and Starbreeze purchased Overkill and the Payday franchise in 2012. Payday 2, which was directed by former Battlefield boss David Goldfarb, was launched in 2013. A 3rd sport, Payday 3, was launched in 2023, however the launch didn’t go easily and the sport stays much less standard than Payday 2.
On Steam, Payday 3 had a peak concurrent-player rely of 712 in the last 24 hours, in comparison with 23,515 for Payday 2. In 2025, Payday 2 earned almost double the money as Payday 3 for Starbreeze.
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