A film based on the cult video game The Sims is currently in development, Electronic Arts confirmed Tuesday, hoping to replicate the excitement generated by recent adaptations of the Mario and Sonic universes for the big screen.
The company made the project public at an investor conference after months of rumors. It will work with Amazon MGM Studios to bring The Sims to the big screen.
Since its first opus released in 2000, this video game – where the player can customize everything, from the furniture in the house to the relationships of his avatars – has established itself as a franchise known throughout the world.
The four games released in 25 years have sold more than 200 million copies and Electronic Arts is currently preparing a multiplayer version.
The film is to be directed and co-written by Kate Herron, a filmmaker known for the Marvel series. Loki and the Netflix soap opera Sex Education.
Described by their creator as a “virtual dollhouse,” the games in the franchise The Sims usually do not have specific goals or plot.
Several generations of players have seized this space of freedom, without prohibitions or norms: the first game already allowed homosexual relations and, since The Sims 2a man’s body can give birth.
Details about the film are scarce and no release date has been set. But the feature will be “heavily rooted” in the games’ universe and will feature many elements of the games’ story. Simsassured Kate Gorman, an executive at Electronic Arts, to the magazine Variety.
LuckyChap, the company of actress Margot Robbie, which is behind the film adaptation of the global hit Barbiemust produce the film on The Sims.
“We wanted the right partners and to have an impact similar to that of a film Barbie “That’s exactly what we want,” Mr.me Gorman.
The peroxide doll film dominated the global box office last year.
Not far behind, Super Mario Bros. The Moviebased on the adventures of Nintendo’s famous plumber, has established itself as the second biggest commercial success of 2024.
Other recent Hollywood hits inspired by video games include: Sonic the Hedgehog Movieabout Sega’s blue hedgehog, and the series The Last of Us.