COLOGNE, Germany. August 21 - A feature film adaptation of a game that hasn't even released yet, Ubisoft's Watch Dogs, was announced by the publisher during Sony's Gamescom press conference yesterday.
The film is being produced by Ubisoft Motion Pictures, Sony Pictures and New Regency, the last of which is producing the Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell movie adaptations as well.
"Since both Sony and Ubisoft have movie and video game branches, this deal creates exceptional opportunities for us to merge the realms of the story-based cinematic experience with the interaction of the video game," said Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet.
"In addition, Sony Pictures and New Regency have deep production expertise and are letting us maintain a strong creative voice in the film's development," he continued. "Together, we're confident we can deliver a movie that builds upon the excitement that the gameis already generating."
Columbia Pictures president of production Hannah Minghella added, "The themes and open gameplay of 'Watch Dogs' lends itself perfectly to the big screen. The game has intense action and adventure, but the story focuses on information and the control of information, which we think will lead to an exciting thriller."
"It has tremendous potential as a motion picture and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to work closely with Ubisoft's internal creative team on the development of the project."
Watch Dogs is set to launch on November 19 in North America and three days later in Europe for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC. The title will be available on the PS4 on the console's launch, which as also announced during the press conference is on November 15 in North America and on November 29 in Europe.
SOURCE: Sony
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