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A motion picture adaptation of the hit video game seriesThe Simshas record exploitation withBarbiestar Margot Robbie attached as producer . The serial of life simulation picture game start as a spin - off from theSimCityvideo plot series , and the original gameThe Simswas unloose in February 2000 . The 10th intimately - selling video game franchise of all - meter , the series has sold more than 200 million transcript , and bring forth over $ 5 billion . A lively - action mechanism adaption was first contrive back in 2007 , which languished in developing hell , before being scrub in 2019 due to Disney ’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox .
According to reports fromThe Hollywood Reporter , a moving picture adaptation ofThe Simscould finally become a realism , with the declaration that the undertaking is in ontogeny with Robbie ’s production party LuckyChap Entertainment . Lokiseason 1 theatre director Kate Herron is attach as the director , and will co - write the screenplay withDoctor Whowriter Briony Redman . Roy Lee ’s Vertigo Entertainment , which recently produced the adaptation of video recording game franchiseFive Nights at Freddy’swill also produce the task , while Electronic Arts , which publishes the game , will be involved in a creative role .
Video game adaption have grown in prominence in late times , with movies includingDetective Pikachu , The Super Mario Bros. Movie , andSonic the Hedgehog 2all achieving box - office success in the preceding five years .
Why The Time Is Right For The Sims Movie Adaptation
adapt a darling video game series for the big screen is always a gamble , and while some likeSonic the Hedgehogare meet with congratulations , there have also been washout such asSilent Hill . Robbie and LuckyChap are still twit the top of a wave following the hugesuccess of theBarbiemovie , which shares similar trait withThe Sims . Both have no veridical narrative and feature customizable characters whose lives and choices are controlled by role player , and both have great CRO for adaptation due to their far-flung appeal .
Video game movie are beginning to prove their Charles Frederick Worth in Hollywood with a twine of great releases , and these are some of the best of all metre .
Barbieshowed that there is certainly a market for adapting pre - existent intellectual prop across other mediums , and LuckyChap is the pure production company to produceThe Sims . In add-on toBarbie , the company also generated significant buzz withEmerald Fennel ’s provocative thrillerSaltburn , and the Oscar - winningPromising Young Woman . Robbie ’s star status is at its apex abide by the unprecedented winner ofBarbie , and audience pursuit in video game movies has never been high , which could mean it is the perfect time forThe Simsto hit the bragging screen .
Robbie is known to opt her projects cautiously . The Australian histrion was passionate in her pitch forBarbie , telling studio that it could pass $ 1 billion at the box office - a forecasting that wound up come true - and will no doubt be driven and focus on gettingThe Simsoff the ground .
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