Video game adaptations continue to rise and the latest to join them is Oxenfree. In an interview for the magazine DigitalTrends, Sean Krankel, Creative Director of Night School Studio (the game developer), has revealed that Oxenfree will feature its own television series, although he has not confirmed for which chain or platform. Krankel says the team is very excited and offers the following information: “There is not much to announce, but we started working on it in the middle of last year. It’s a direct adaptation of the game, but it will include a bunch of new variables. “
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It should be remembered that in its day it was announced an Oxenfree movie of which Skybound Entertainment (responsible for, for example, The Walking Dead) was going to be in charge, but Krankel confirms that that already it’s past water. According to the director, “the Hollywood system is slow and complicated, there are too many steps and the project was hit at various points along the way.” However, he also highlights that it was not because of Skybound, who “he tried with all his might“The series does seem to be moving forward and Krankel even hints that there is also something going on related to the studio’s second game, Afterparty (“a lot is happening with Afterparty behind the scenes“), but it still seems to be very green. In any case, not bad for a developer, Night School Studio, who in 2021 barely will turn five.
More video game adaptations
Aside from Oxenfree, the Uncharted movie and The Last of Us series for HBO have been making headlines in recent days, perhaps because they are the closest on the release schedule. But there are many more. In Spain we will receive Monster Hunter on the big screen very soon and it has even just been presented the wannabe version of Five Nights at Freddy’s, which is called Willy’s Wonderlas and is the latest madness of Nicolas Cage. Not to mention that 2021 may be the year that we finally forget the previous adaptations of Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil, as there is a new Mortal Kombat movie on the way and Resident Evil will have a cinematic reboot soon, which also does seem this time go in line with what the brand represents on consoles. Good times, in short, for video game adaptationss. Although seeing as the majority have been to date, perhaps calling them good is too optimistic.
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Source: DigitalTrends
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