Cyberpunk 2077: A Live Action Series or Movie is in the works

remind you Cyberpunk 2077Cyberpunk 2020, an adaptation of the famous paper role-playing game created by Mike Pondsmith, is an open-world narrative RPG set in the metropolis of the Night City.

The game follows the story of V, a mercenary who grows up in a world of cyber-enhanced street warriors, tech-savvy networks and corporate hackers. The gaming world has recently expanded with the creation of the Netflix spin-off series Cyberpunk Edgerunners.

It can’t be said that the game developed by the Polish studio CD Projekt Red has fared quite poorly at the end of 2020. Things have really picked up since then, not to mention it was colossal at the end. Sales success: As of October 2022, the title has sold over 20 million copies.

After taking over the war that was Keanu Reeves, who appears in the game as the character Johnny Silverhand, it’s time for Idris Elba to appear in the very large and wonderful expansion that was released on September 26. Phantom Liberty.

In this expansion, players take on the role of V, a cyberpunk for hire, on a new mission to rescue the new President of the United States of America after his orbital shuttle crashes into Night City’s deadliest neighborhood – Dogtown.

Here’s the trailer (again)…

In an article published yesterday on the Kotaku website, we learn that this one expansion cost about $63 million to develop; and about $21 million more for its marketing campaign. This shows whether the studio has allowed itself to achieve its ambitions, compared to development costs (again minus the marketing budget). Cyberpunk 2077which will be 174 million dollars.

Live Action project on the way

Not content with denying the license to animated series as indicated above, but also to other media such as novels or board games, CD Projekt Red has just announced a partnership with production company Anonymous Content to implement the Live construction site. action project; Or a TV series or a movie.

From the True Detective series, Mr. Robot or movies like The Revenant and Spotlight, Anonymous Content is actively looking for a screenwriter to create the plot of this upcoming project, which will certainly offer a new story that fits the cyberpunk world of 2077. , and which will be developed under the close supervision of the CD Projekt Red team that created the game. In the end, it’s a logical continuation because the studio is suspending the license and it would be wrong to take it away.