Days Gone, the post-apocalyptic zombie recreation from Sony Bend, is turning into a film. Originally reported by Deadline, the PlayStation 4 recreation is alleged to obtain an adaptation starring Outlander’s Sam Heughan. Sheldon Turner (Up within the Air) will pen the screenplay, reported to be a “love ballad to motorbike motion pictures.” 

Originally launched in 2019, Days Gone places gamers within the boots of biker Deacon St. John in Oregon following a zombie outbreak. Amidst a combined reception at launch, the sport has had an attention-grabbing post-launch life. Through achievement monitoring web sites, recreation director Jeff Ross decided that it bought 9 million copies throughout its releases on PlayStation 4 and Steam. 

Sony Bend initially introduced its recreation in 2016, and the title’s improvement course of precipitated the studio measurement to double from 45 workers to 103. 

Though Days Gone was one thing of a industrial success, Sony did not give the greenlight for a sequel as a result of authentic recreation’s lukewarm emotions and lengthy improvement interval. In a 2021 report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the writer’s want for blockbuster, triple-A titles was a notable level of competition amongst Sony’s first-party builders. 

Play the sport, watch the film, play the sport once more…?

Days Gone might appear to be a wierd choose for a movie adaptation, till you keep in mind that Sony could be very curious about making its first-party titles into movies and TV. 

The Uncharted film, based mostly on Naughty Dog’s franchise and starring Tom Holland, earned $402 million on the field workplace earlier this 12 months. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us remains to be set to change into a TV sequence for HBO. 

Sony Santa Monica’s God of War reboot, together with Guerrilla Games’ Horizon franchise, are each as a result of obtain TV variations within the close to future. And Sucker Punch’s samurai title Ghost of Tsushima will change into a movie helmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski. 

That Sony is selecting to let Days Gone dwell by way of one other medium is attention-grabbing, given the way it did not change into one in all Sony’s greater hits. And whereas zombies are fashionable in video games, they’ve actually taken off in movie and TV currently with The Walking Dead’s ever rising universe and Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead franchise. Perhaps Sony’s decided the medium of movie is healthier match for Sony Bend’s zombie recreation quite than a second recreation.