The 10-year cult saga with 50 million fans arrives in theaters with the cast of The Hunger Games

After playing Billy the Kid and young Professor Snow in the prequel to the Hunger Games saga, British actor Tom Blyth will star in the film adaptation of the video game Watch Dogs.

The actor joins actress Sophie Wilde, already seen in the horror film The Hand and the Netflix series The Boy and the Universe, in the cast of the Ubisoft game adaptation.

We still don’t know exactly what role the two actors will play in this feature film directed by France’s Mathieu Toure, who has already worked on Meander and Goulet Noir. The 10-year-old project is written by Christy LeBlanc (Oxygen) and Victoria Bata.

50 million players worldwide

After adapting his games Assassin’s Creed and Werewolves withinThat’s why Ubisoft is returning to the cinema with one of its biggest video game licenses.

Released on May 27, 2014 and developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal branch, Watch Dogs is a third-person stealth action game and is rooted in our modern, always-connected society, where one click is all it takes to spawn friends and enemies. Aiden Pearce, the main character, is a hacker haunted by a tragic past and driven by a terrible thirst for revenge.

on its production, Watch Dogs Breaking Ubisoft’s record for the best-selling game on its first day of sale. Deadline It claims that there are currently more than 50 million players worldwide. There are two “suites”: Watch Dogs 2 Released in 2016t Watch Dogs: Legion was released in 2020.

The release date of the feature film is not yet known.