Paramount Footage is creating a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie.
Deadline has reported that the movie shall be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who’s greatest identified for producing the Transformers and GI Joe movies. CD Projekt Purple can also be onboard to supply, although there isn’t any phrase on any actors, writers, or administrators hooked up to the challenge. It is unclear if it would faithfully adapt the titular online game from 2020, or if this shall be one other story set in the Cyberpunk universe, much like Netflix’s animated Edgerunners collection.
If it is a straight up adaptation, Paramount already has some built-in starpower that it may possibly make the most of. In the sport, Keanu Reeves performed Johnny Silverhand, a radical Tyler Durden-style character that lives in the protagonist’s head. Idris Elba additionally joined the sport’s forged in an growth generally known as Phantom Liberty, which seems like a very cool storyline to adapt, although it could not work in addition to a mainstream entry level into that universe. Both manner, it is thrilling to listen to that Night time Metropolis is making its technique to the huge display screen.
CD Projekt Purple can also be exhausting at work on the subsequent Cyberpunk sport, which is predicted to launch after The Witcher 4. Because of this, we might not see the subsequent sport till 2029 or 2030 at the absolute earliest. However that will even be excellent timing, as a Cyberpunk movie might not be prepared till round that point both. Reeves has already expressed curiosity in showing in the subsequent Cyberpunk sport, so perhaps he’d play Johnny Silverhand on the huge display screen too.
Paramount is leaning heavy into main online game variations, because it has Road Fighter releasing subsequent weekend. In 2028, the studio may also launch a Name of Obligation film written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Peter Berg. Paramount is making every kind of massive strikes, because it simply merged with Warner Brothers, that means it has a wealth of recent IP to make the most of.
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