Microsoft is creating a live-action film adaptation of Uncommon’s evergreen pirate journey Sea of Thieves.
Xbox head of content material Matt Booty confirmed the information to Entertainment Weekly, and revealed that the venture was being produced by Destin Daniel Cretton, the director of Marvel blockbusters such because the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, in addition to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Cretton seemingly will not direct the movie himself, nevertheless.
“The primary character of a Sea of Thieves sport is definitely the participant and the neighborhood,” Booty stated, discussing the movie’s potential plot. “So if you happen to sit down to consider Sea of Thieves, it is not, ‘Who’re the primary characters? What is the plot?’ It is a tremendous social sport, however there is a tone to Sea of Thieves. It is constructed on a really cooperative neighborhood, so you can begin to sense what that is going to be like.”
Initially launched for PC and Xbox One again in 2018, Sea of Thieves has proved frequently well-liked, ultimately gaining a current-gen console launch in 2024, when it additionally went multi-platform and likewise arrived for PlayStation 5.
Over time, British developer Uncommon has expanded Sea of Thieves’ sandbox-y open world with new areas, gameplay sorts, story quests and extra — there was even a crossover with Disney’s personal Pirates of the Caribbean, in addition to one thing for followers of beloved journey sport sequence Monkey Island.
Regardless of the risk of layoffs now looming over Xbox, Uncommon has beforehand instructed it plans to assist Sea of Thieves for years to come back, although that is the primary phrase of a film adaptation for the sport.
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On the subject of these layoffs — with a number of studios reportedly now set for closure or divestment — Leisure Weekly talked about in its reporting that restructuring plans had been nonetheless being finalized and that Xbox management wished to “exhaust all different choices earlier than making these choices”. Microsoft has thus far not commented formally on the topic.
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