Though Uncharted wasn’t too much of a hit with critics, it was a solid hit at the box office, and never being one to pass up a money-making opportunity, PlayStation is going all-in on video game adaptations. Over the last few decades, PlayStation has managed to create some beloved popular first-party IPs, and that’s especially true of the last 10 years or so, with Horizon, The Last of Us, and God of War all being some of the biggest names in gaming right now. But PlayStation isn’t just content with those properties being the biggest in the gaming industry, it wants them to be huge in the TV landscape as well.
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Every PlayStation TV Show in Development Right Now
After a movie adaptation became stuck in development hell for years and was scrapped, HBO picked up the rights to develop The Last of Us as a TV series. With pre-production beginning in 2020, The Last of Us has been in the pipeline for quite some time now, and fans will finally be able to watch the first episode on January 15, 2023. Though gamers are always skeptical of live-action adaptations, HBO’s The Last of Us looks shockingly authentic, nailing the casting, infected design, and general atmosphere of the game, at least based on the few trailers released so far.
In February 2021, a Twisted Metal adaptation was confirmed to be in the works at Peacock. Being produced by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Will Arnett, and Michael Jonathan Smith, Twisted Metal will follow Anthony Mackie’s John Doe as he traverses across the wasteland in an attempt to deliver a package, all while having to avoid raiders and marauders along the way. The show wrapped filming in late August of this year, so fans could see it as early as 2023.
Netflix is currently experimenting with partnerships with the gaming industry, partnering with a range of big video game developers and publishers to produce both animated and live-action adaptations. One of Netflix’s upcoming projects is an adaptation of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Not much is known about this project yet, with it just having entered pre-production, but it will be helmed by Steve Blackman, the showrunner of Netflix’s hit show, The Umbrella Academy.
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