Paramount Developing Live-Action Cyberpunk 2077 Film — SkimNews
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- Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film based on Cyberpunk 2077, partnering with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura — known for the Transformers franchise — and game developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR).
- CD Projekt Red joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski called Paramount "a future partner who shares our creative ambitions for the Cyberpunk franchise," though story, release date, and casting information remain undisclosed.
- Cyberpunk 2077 has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide since its troubled 2020 launch, featuring Keanu Reeves as rockstar-terrorist Johnny Silverhand, whose consciousness is stored on a chip inside protagonist V.
- Phantom Liberty, the 2023 expansion starring Idris Elba, has sold more than 15 million copies, extending the franchise's commercial reach into a post-launch market segment.
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the animated series already adapted from the game, returns for Season 2 on Netflix later this month, while the same streamer previously adapted CDPR's Witcher franchise — recasting Henry Cavill with Liam Hemsworth from Season 4 onward.
- The adaptation joins a wave of video game-to-film hits — Super Mario, Minecraft, and Sonic the Hedgehog have each grossed roughly $1bn globally, with HBO's The Last of Us and Prime Video's Fallout also drawing major audiences.
- Microsoft this week announced a new "XP" division to license Xbox titles for films and tie-ins, and Paramount Skydance just closed its $110bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery — pledging 30 films annually for the next two years.
Why it matters: Cyberpunk 2077's 40 million copies plus Phantom Liberty's 15 million give CDPR a hit IP to anchor its second screen adaptation alongside Netflix's Edgerunners, while slotting the project into a market where Mario, Minecraft, and Sonic have each cleared roughly $1bn globally. Paramount's freshly closed $110bn Warner Bros Discovery merger and Microsoft's new XP licensing arm both signal that game-to-film pipelines are widening, not narrowing.
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