It is impossible to deny the influence of video games on people and productions today. For many years, the stories and characters of these games continue to inspire series and movies. However, only some of them have succeeded. For example, Pokemon Detective Pikachu earned an estimated $58 million in revenue in its opening week alone. The movie nearly earned enough to knock Disney blockbuster Avengers: Endgame down from the top spot at the box office.
While the market was so large, many quality productions about games began to emerge. This means that many more movies based on video games are on the way. It is very difficult for the producers to turn the games that already have a fan base into a movie or a series without breaking away from the game itself. However, watching games like The Last of Us, which they are a fan of, in Hollywood quality is also a very exciting experience for fans.
While there are so many good productions and upcoming productions, we have listed the series and movies inspired by popular games for you.
Series and Movies Borrowing Their Plots and Characters from the Games
- Angry Birds Movie 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Uncharted
- Monster Hunter
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- The Division
- Fallout
- The Last of Us
- Resident Evil
- Minecraft
- Devil May Cry
From catapult birds to the cinema screen: Angry Birds Movie 2
- Released: 2019
- IMDb score: 6.4
- Director: Thurop Van Orman, John Rice
- Cast / Voice: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones
The first movie in the series, Angry Birds Movie, which grossed more than $352 million, is the third-highest-grossing video game movie of all time. The second of the game, which we have been playing on mobile devices for more than 10 years, is an animation for the whole family to watch.
Nostalgic: Sonic the Hedgehog
- Released: 2020
- IMDb score: 6.5
- Director: Jeff Fowler
- Cast / Voice: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey
Sonic is one of the most iconic game characters in the world. Sonic the Hedgehog, who came out with a live action movie in 2020 after many cartoons and thirty years of games, was not liked at all when its first trailer was released. In fact, it was not liked so much that the filmmakers redesigned the Sonic character. Afterwards, this movie, which is a little more resilient, is a very good nostalgia for the old actors.
The next generation of Indiana Jones: Uncharted
- Release date: 2022
- Director: Ruben Fleischer
- Cast / Voice: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas
Based on the popular Uncharted series of PlayStation, this movie will play the lead role of Tom Holland, which we know as Spider-Man. It will be a very enjoyable experience to watch the game that conquered the hearts of the players with its story similar to the Indiana Jones series as a Hollywood production. The film, which is planned to be released in December 2020 for the first time, will meet with the audience in 2022, unless there is a delay again.
Monster Hunter with endless action
- Released: 2020
- IMDb score: 5.3
- Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cast / Voice: Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman
As the name suggests, Monster Hunter games are all about tracking, fighting and catching all kinds of monsters in various fantasy lands. In Monster Hunter, players design their own characters, and the Monster Hunter series does not have a very deep story. Monster Hunter stars Milla Jovovich, best known for her role as Alice in Resident Evil, another adaptation of a video game made by Capcom, the developer of the Monster Hunter series.
An anime full of neons: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Release date: 2022
CD Projekt Red has announced a new spin-off anime series based on the “CyberPunk 2077” universe, with good news for gamers. Portrayed by Studio Trigger, the story will feature a mercenary outlaw also known as cyberpunk, a street kid who chooses to survive in a city obsessed with body swapping. The 10-episode series, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, will premiere on Netflix in 2022.
The Division with its famous cast and epidemic theme
- Release date: Unknown yet
- Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Cast / Voice: Jessica Chastain, Jake Gyllenhaal
Netflix has acquired distribution rights to an adaptation of the popular Ubisoft game about a pandemic that destroyed New York City on Black Friday. The Division will star Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain. The film adaptation of the famous game will be directed by David Leitch, whom we know from Hobbs & Shaw and Deadpool 2.
Fallout, another post-apocalyptic game
- Release date: Unknown yet
- Directors: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy
- Cast / Voiceover: Not clear yet
“Westworld” writers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are working on a science fiction series based on the “Fallout” video game franchise, set in a world envisioned by the Americans in the late 1940s when the future was exploded by a nuclear weapon. While this game, set in 2077, is filled with ironic humor, the series will also try to preserve the harsh tone of the game.
PlayStation’s beloved series The Last of Us
- Release date: 2021
- Directors: Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin
- Cast / Voice: Pedro Pascal, Gabriel Luna, Bella Ramsey
Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin is working on an adaptation of Naughty Dog’s PlayStation exclusive for HBO. Mazin will work directly with the game’s creative director and writer, Neil Druckmann, on the production of The Last of Us. The series will focus on events from the first game, and possibly even the second game, as the game’s protagonists Joel and Ellie try to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment.
Highest-paid video game movie of all time: Resident Evil
- Released 2002
- IMDb score: 6.7
- Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cast / Voice: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey
Six Resident Evil films starring Milla Jovovich have grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide. The Resident Evil movie franchise has remained largely critically unpopular since its debut in 2002, but remains the highest-grossing video game movie series to date. Released in 2016, the last movie in the series, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, earned $312.2 million with a budget of $40 million.
Minecraft, which has been expected for years and still to be expected
- Release date: 2022
With over 100 million copies sold worldwide, Minecraft is undoubtedly counted as one of the most popular games of all time. Mojang, the Microsoft subsidiary behind the game, has been trying to put a Minecraft movie into production for years. In January 2019, Warner Bros. announced that Peter Sollett, director of Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist, is directing the movie Minecraft. If nothing goes wrong, the film is scheduled to meet with the audience on March 4, 2022.
Devil May Cry with its story full of demons
Unlike the other adaptations on this list, the Devil May Cry Netflix series will be referred to as 2D. Executive producer Ari Shankar announced plans to adapt the demon-fighting video game into an animated series in late 2018. Shankar is a successful producer who previously worked on Netflix’s Castlevania, another animated video game adaptation that was acclaimed by fans and critics alike.
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