Beyond Good and Evil is getting a Netflix film adaptation with director Rob Letterman. Released in 2003 by Ubisoft for PlayStation 2, the original Xbox, GameCube, and Windows PC, Beyond Good and Evil is centered around photojournalist and resistance member, Jade, who is trying to reveal an alien conspiracy theory about the planet’s military leaders in the 25th century.

Beyond Good and Evil is an action-adventure game where players work their way through the game by fighting enemies, taking photos of condemning evidence, and solving puzzles. The game was nominated for Game of the Year in 2004 after it received mixed reviews. Now, seventeen years after its release, the game has gained enough popularity for a sequel that was announced in 2017 – which is still in production with no projected publication date – as well as a hybrid live-action/animation movie adaptation.

The feature will be helmed by Rob Letterman, the director of the box-office hit and fellow hybrid live-action/animated movie Detective Pikachu. Letterman also helmed Goosebumps and debuted his directing career as a co-director of DreamWorks Animation’s Shark-Tale. Teaming with Letterman are Ubisoft Film and Television producers Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin. Altman produced two episodes of Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, the Just Dance video game, and various documentary shorts. Boykin founded Ubisoft’s Women’s Film and Television Fellowship. For those unfamiliar, Ubisoft Film and Television’s first picture was 2016’s Assassin’s Creed.

There is currently no release date or trailer for the movie, as the project is still in its very early stages of development. In fact, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the moviemakers are searching for writers to adapt the game for motion picture.

Movies based on video games tend to yield various results, but the genre’s strength is bringing incredible imagination to the big screen. Detective Pikachu alone captured the hearts and awe of the public and brought in $433 million at the box office. With the combined powers of a proven director and an accomplished production team, fans of Beyond Good and Evil need only hope for talented writers to jump onboard in order to create a worthy portrayal of the game.

Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, LinkedIn, Ubisoft

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