There’s a variety of video video games set to get TV or movie diversifications within the subsequent few years, and much more that appear like they’d be ripe for the choosing. Bungie’s Future franchise appeared like a viable candidate, particularly after the studio was acquired by PlayStation in 2022, but it surely sounds like several plans to deliver the video games to a brand new medium are have at present been dashed.
In line with Forbes’ Paul Tassi earlier within the week, Bungie was reportedly “tossing round” concepts for an animated Future collection on Netflix earlier than issues fell aside.. Allegedly, this was in improvement previous to the aforementioned PlayStation acquisition, throughout which Sony mentioned it could assist Bungie “nurture the IP they’ve in a multi-dimensional method.” (For additional context, this assertion was made a couple of weeks earlier than the Uncharted film launched and have become a good box-office success.) With reference to why it didn’t go ahead, Tassi wasn’t positive, although he did say it simply could not have gone farther than the scripting section.
Earlier than Sony purchased Bungie, the developer introduced on Derrick Tsai as its transmedia head. Tsai was a producer and director at Riot who helped pave the way in which for Arcane to get made and turn into a success over at Netflix. He departed round this time final yr, after which the studio employed Warner Bros. alum Gabriel VanHuss to function the Future’s head of linear media. VanHuss holds that place to today, and his duties contain increasing the franchise in TV, comics (which it’s beforehand achieved), films, and so forth. It’s arduous to know the place this hypothetical present at present stands: Bungie’s at present centered on the Last Form growth dropping in June, its new Marathon recreation, and nonetheless reeling from its extremely publicized layoffs (to say nothing of presumably engaged on Future 3). In line with Tassi, if the hypothetical present isn’t absolutely useless, it’s not coming “anytime remotely quickly.”
The concept of Future getting a TV present appeared like a cool concept two years in the past, but it surely’s slightly extra dicey now. Bungie’s hoping to show issues round for each Future 2 and the corporate at giant with Last Form, and revealing a TV present weeks after the growth drops might simply take issues from “we’re so again” to “oh, it’s over” in a heartbeat. The collection actually has the potential to thrive in different mediums, but it surely’ll sadly must be a ready recreation till the smoke clears round The Last Form.
[through Eurogamer]
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