As Superhero Movies Go Out of Fashion, Here’s Every Video Game Movie and TV Show in the Works From Hollywood

Resident Evil

Release Date: September 18, 2026

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie will be bringing us back to Raccoon City in 2026 and recent images posted online have confirmed filming is underway in Prague. This likely means the film will be set prior to October 1998 and the events depicted in Resident Evil 3 for reasons we won’t spoil here.

Street Fighter

Release Date: October 16, 2026

Street Fighter will be making its way to the big screen next year from Bad Trip’s Kitao Sakurai. As for who will star in the film, a recent trailer revealed the following;

“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury,” the official plot synopsis reads.

The Angry Birds Movie 3

Release Date: January 29, 2027

Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, and Danny McBride return as Red, Chuck, Silver, and Bomb for a third Angry Birds movies. John Rice (The Angry Birds Movie 1, Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe) directs from a screenplay by Thurop Van Orman (The Angry Birds Movie 2!).

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Release Date: March 19, 2027

The Sonic movies are going strong (Sonic 3 is at the top of our best video game movies of all time list!), so it’s no surprise that a fourth film is in the works. There aren’t many details available about the project yet, but based on the Sonic 3 post-credits scene, expect Amy Rose and Metal Sonic to show up.

The Legend of Zelda

Release Date: May 7, 2027

The Legend of Zelda is officially getting the live-action film treatment and it’s being produced by Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, chairman of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.

The film will be directed by Wes Ball and will star Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link. and it’s all being co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will be financing more than 50% of the movie and the theatrical distribution will be done by Sony.

“The Legend of Zelda follows Link, a young warrior destined to protect the magical kingdom of Hyrule from the forces of darkness,” the official description reads. “The land is under threat from Ganon, a ruthless warlord who seeks the Triforce — an ancient relic said to grant limitless power. To stop him, Link must embark on a perilous journey, battling monstrous creatures, exploring treacherous dungeons, and solving intricate puzzles to uncover sacred artifacts that can aid him in his quest.”

If, like us, you can’t wait for The Legend of Zelda movie, be sure to check out that one time we predicted the film would eventually arrive via an April Fools’ Day joke.

A Minecraft Movie Squared

Release Date: July 23, 2027

Warner Bros. has officially confirmed A Minecraft Movie 2 will be released on July 23, 2027, and it makes sense as the original made over $957 million at the global box office. Will Jennifer Coolidge be back with her nitwit villager love interest? We can only hope!

Helldivers

Release Date: November 10, 2027

At CES 2025, Sony announced that the wildly successful Helldivers 2 would be adapted into a major motion picture from Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. Director Justin Lin said the following at CinemaCon 2026: “Helldivers balances satire with humanity… and the only person who I think can pull this off is Jason Momoa.” Momoa will be playing a soldier battling aliens on behalf of humanity.

Elden Ring

Release Date: March 3, 2028

A live-action Elden Ring movie is in the works from Ex Machina’s Alex Garland, who will be directing and writing the movie for A24. George R.R. Martin is onboard as a producer. For those worried, Garland put together a 160-page draft script with 40 extra pages of images to convince Bandai Namco and FromSoftware to let him lead this project.

Call of Duty

Release Date: June 30, 2028

Activision and Paramount Pictures have announced that Yellowstone creator Tyler Sheridan and Lone Survivor’s Peter Berg are onboard to lead the upcoming Call of Duty movie. Sheridan will write and produce and Berg will write, direct, and produce.

Mortal Kombat 3

Release Date: TBA

In Mortal Kombat 2, Karl Urban joined the series as Johnny Cage while Adeline Rudolph took on the role of Kitana. We gave the movie an 8/10, saying “The bar for video game movie sequels isn’t very high, but this one not only clears the bar, it twirls it around like a bo staff.” No word yet on if Mortal Kombat 3 is definitely happening, but we’re pretty sure it will — and if it does, hopefully it will answer our biggest burning questions about Mortal Kombat 2.

Bloodborne

Release Date: TBA

Sony Pictures has an R-rated animated film based on Bloodborne in the works, though no details beyond the fact that it’s being produced by YouTuber Jacksepticeye have been revealed yet.

Super Mario Movie 3

Release Date: TBA

Now that the second movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, has hit theaters, fans are just waiting for word on what’s next. Super Smash Bros. Movie maybe…?

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3

Release Date: TBA

A third movie in the popular series is said to be in development at Blumhouse Productions.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Release Date: TBA

Even before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was out, it was confirmed the game would be getting a film adaptation. Developer Sandfall Interactive has partnered with Story Kitchen to bring this to life, but we don’t know much else at this point.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Release Date: TBA

Horizon Zero Dawn has had both a movie and a TV show in the works, but the TV show has had a bit of a rocky road. In July 2024, it was reported that the series was no longer moving forward at Netflix. It may show up again in the future, but it wasn’t a great sign.

As for the movie, Sony announced at CES 2025 that a big-screen adaptation of Aloy’s adventure is currently very early in production. A recent report said the movie is planning on filming in 2026 and releasing at some point in 2027.

Grow a Garden (Roblox)

Release Date: TBA

In 2025, it was reported that this popular Roblox game would be getting a movie. We’ll see if this one ever happens, but stranger adaptations of games have become a reality before!

The Sims

Release Date: TBA

EA’s long-running life simulation series The Sims is getting the big-screen treatment from Loki season 1 director Kate Heron and Margot Robbie’s production company Lucky Chap. We have yet to learn anything else about the project, but it should be welcome news for fans nonetheless.

Riders Republic

Release Date: TBA

Ubisoft’s extreme sports game Riders Republic is getting a film adaptation from Bad Boys for Life’s Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Ubisoft said it is “poised to be an electrifying action movie, delivering non-stop thrills, humor, and spectacular stunts on the snowy slopes of the Alps.”

Gears of War

Release Date: TBA

Netflix has partnered with The Coalition to develop a Gears of War live-action movie and an adult animated series. The movie will arrive first and, if these projects do well, there is “potential for more stories to follow!”

In March 2023, it was announced that the Gears of War movie will be written by Dune and Doctor Strange’s Jon Spaihts. John Wick director David Leitch is in the helmer’s chair when and if the project happens.

Sleeping Dogs

Release Date: TBA

MCU star Simu Liu got fans excited when he said he was working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen, and it turns out he is actually set to produce the film and play the lead role of Wei Shen. Timo Tjahjanto. Tjahjanto (The Beekeeper 2, Nobody 2) will direct.

Phasmophobia

Release Date: TBA

In June, 2025, it was reported that Blumhouse Productions and James Wan’s Atomic Monster would be adapting the first-person puzzle game Phasmophobia into a film. No word on the project since then, however.

Death Stranding

Release Date: TBA

Hideo Kojima’s Kojima Productions has partnered with A24 to adapt Death Stranding into a live-action feature film.

“The film promises to delve into the mysteries surrounding the apocalyptic event called the ‘Death Stranding’, which blurred the lines between life and death, and brought forth nightmarish creatures into a world on the brink of collapse,” the official synopsis reads. It was also confirmed it will “tell a story you haven’t seen in that world.”

Death Stranding: Mosquito

Release Date: TBA

A new animated film called Death Stranding: Mosquito is also on its way and, according to Kojima and animation director Hiroshi Miyamoto, it follows the story of “a guy who sucks.” We got a look at a snippet of animation from the film at the Beyond the Strand presentation, which showed a man “with something stuck to his face that has a weird tentacle thing coming out of it. He’s in the water at the beginning of the clip, swimming and approaching something human-shaped that’s difficult to make out. But in the second part of the clip, he’s on land, in the Timefall, fighting a guy in a porter suit, still with the gooey thing on his face.” OK then!

BioShock

Release Date: TBA

There’s always a lighthouse, and apparently there’s always a BioShock adaptation in the works. After a previous attempt to bring the beloved first-person shooter to film form fell apart at Universal years ago, Netflix and Take-Two announced in early 2022 that a BioShock film adaptation is in the works for the streaming service. Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is on-board to direct the film and Logan and Blade Runner 2049 writer Michael Green will pen the script for the story that will be “really true to the game itself.”

In October 2023, it was confirmed the was still in the writing stage but that the team was very optimistic about how the project was going, and in July 2024 producer Roy Lee said the film was still in the works but with a reduced budget.

El Paso, Elsewhere

Release Date: TBA

Strange Scaffold’s third-person neo-noir shooter, El Paso, Elsewhere, is getting the big screen treatment, and LaKeith Stanfield is said to be in talks to star and produce the project alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s Di Bonaventura Pictures and Colin Stark. The film would follow protagonist James Savage as he navigates a monster-filled world and tries to stop his vicious ex-girlfriend and the demons he is battling inside.

Split Fiction

Release Date: TBA

In 2025, Story Kitchen was in the process of gathering a team together to work on an adaptation of Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction. Reports say Sydney Sweeney may star in the film, Wicked director Jon M. Chu will direct, and Deadpool and Wolverine’s screenwriter Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are also on board.

Watch Dogs

Release Date: TBA

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs film began filming in 2024, more than a decade after it was first announced. We haven’t heard much more since then…

Battlefield

Release Date: TBA

Michael B. Jordan and Christopher McQuarrie are reportedly attached to a feature film adaptation of Electronic Arts’ bestselling military video game Battlefield. McQuarrie will write, direct and produce. Jordan is attached to produce and possibly star. EA will also serve as a producer on the Battlefield movie. The package is currently being shopped to studios, including Sony and Apple. The movie is meant to be a theatrical not streaming release.

The Witcher: Season 5

Release Date: 2026

Netflix’s The Witcher returned for its fourth season, and it did so with a new Geralt of Rivia as The Hunger Games’ Liam Hemsworth replaced Henry Cavill. You can watch all of those episodes now while knowing a fifth and final season is also in the works.

The Last of Us: Season 3

Release Date: 2027

After a stellar first and second season, HBO’s The Last of Us will be returning for a third season on HBO and it looks to, as the games did, switch the focus to Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby for a while. Co-creator Craig Mazin confirmed this new season will be longer than Season 2.

While you wait, be sure to check out our explainer of the ending of Season 2 and how it sets up this next part of the tragic tale of The Last of Us.

Ghost of Tsushima Anime Series

Release Date: 2027

A Ghost of Tsushima anime is on the way from Sony and Aniplex and it is set to launch exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027. Instead of adapting the main game, this anime will instead focus on the Legends co-op multiplayer portion that was added post-launch.

God of War Series

Release Date: TBA

Prime Video has officially announced that a God of War live-action series is in the works from Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions. The show will follow the story that began in 2018’s God of War and will see Kratos and Atreus traveling to the highest peak in the nine realms of Norse mythology to spread the ashes of their late wife/mother.

At CES 2024, Sony confirmed writing was underway for the series. In October 2024, it was reported that Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) had replaced the show’s previous producers Rafe Judkins, Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus as showrunner.

Fallout: Season 3

Release Date: TBA

Season 2 of Prime Video’s Fallout series switched to a weekly schedule (after Season 1’s binge model), which certainly made it more “sticky” in the pop-culture conversation. And a Season 3 is in the works, though we don’t know when it will hit. We do know, however, that Ella Purnell’s Lucy and Walton Goggins’ Ghoul will certainly be back.

Tomb Raider Series (Sophie Turner)

Release Date: TBA

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live-action Tomb Raider series for Amazon Prime Video is back after appearing to be dead, and it will in fact star Sophie Turner as the legendary Lara Croft. Production will begin in January 2026 and Chad Hodge has signed on as co-showrunner alongside Jonathan van Tulleken as director and executive producer.

Devil May Cry: Season 3

Release Date: TBA

Netflix’s Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar released a new anime series based on Devil May Cry in April, 2025. Season 2 was released in May, 2026, and we gave it an 8/10. The following month, Netflix confirmed that a third and final season was in the works.

Far Cry Series

Release Date: TBA on FX and Hulu

Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth, Fargo, Legion) will be turning Far Cry into a TV series for FX and Hulu, along with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Rob Mac (aka Rob McElhenney). Mac will also star in the series, which is in early days at the moment but is sure to be a major push for FX considering how much attention Alien: Earth received. Each season of the show will focus on a new setting, similar to the games.

Mass Effect Series

Release Date: TBA

A Mass Effect movie adaptation was in the works at least as far back as 2010, though it never wound up happening.

In December, 2021, however, it was reported that Amazon was working on a deal to adapt the game as a TV series. It once again took a while, but in November 2024, it was confirmed that Amazon MGM studios had begun development on the TV version. Daniel Casey (10 Cloverfield Lane) will write and executive produce the show, while other producers include EA/BioWare’s Michael Gamble, who’s leading development on the next Mass Effect game, and Avi Arad, who was part of that initial movie announcement all those years back.

Beyond: Two Souls Series

Release Date: TBA

PlayStation and Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls could be getting a TV series from original star Elliot Page. Reports indicate that Page’s Pageboy Productions has acquired the rights tor the project, which is said to be in early development.

Assassin’s Creed Series

Release Date: TBA

Netflix is producing a live-action Assassin’s Creed series, executive produced by Ubisoft’s Jason Altman and Danielle Kreinik. The live-action series will be an “epic, genre-bending live action adaptation.” The collaboration will “tap into the iconic video game’s trove of dynamic stories” to create live-action, animated and anime series. The series will be set in Ancient Rome, starting in the year 64 AD.

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 2 (TBA)

Release Date: TBA

Back in 2012, it was reported that Tom Hardy was going to be starring as Sam Fisher in a film adaptation of Splinter Cell, but that obviously never panned out. Instead, the Netflix series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch released a first season in 2025, with Liev Schreiber voicing Fisher. A second season is in the works.

Overcooked Reality Series

Release Date: TBA

A24 and Netflix will be bringing us a reality TV show based on the chaotic cooking game known as Overcooked. It is said to be an unscripted format show like Nailed It! and Floor Is Lava, and the kitchen will have crazy obstacles pop up to impede the chef’s progress in crafting the perfect meal.