By Though first reported on back in May, it’s now official – a live-action “The Sims” movie is coming from Amazon MGM Studios.
Electronic Arts, who created and has been the home of the long-running gaming series, made the announcement of the project which is in development alongside Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap production company.
Kate Herron, known for directing the first season of Disney+ series “Loki,” will helm the feature from a script that she is co-writing with Briony Redman. Vertigo Entertainment is also producing the project.
In the game, players control virtual avatars and have them do all manners of things, from building homes to falling in love, raising children, even killing their characters. Successive expansion packs and games allow the player to do more and more.
The first game debuted in 2000 and saw subsequent mainline entries in 2004, 2009 and 2014. 20th Century Studios attempted a film adaptation back in 2007 with Brian Lynch penning the script.
Robbie, Roy Lee, Josey McNamara and Tom Ackerley will produce. Amazon MGM Studios and Luckychap previously teamed on “Saltburn” and “My Old Ass”.
The news comes as EA also confirmed today that there are no plans for “The Sims 5” game with the current decade-old “The Sims 4” to continue to receive updates and paid expansions.
Source: THR
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