Paramount And Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Developing Movie Based On ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Video Game — SkimNews
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- Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, based on CD Projekt Red's best-selling action-adventure RPG
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura is attached to produce alongside CD Projekt Red, the Poland-based franchise rights holder and developer of the game
- Cyberpunk 2077 is set in the dystopian metropolis of Night City in California and follows mercenary V, who is reluctantly imbued with a "biochip" containing an engram of legendary rocker-terrorist Johnny Silverhand
- Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, while its expansion Phantom Liberty has sold 15 million copies
- Paramount has several additional video game adaptations in development, including a Street Fighter film co-produced with Legendary that bows October 16, and a Call of Duty movie that Peter Berg is directing and co-writing with Taylor Sheridan
Why it matters: Paramount is betting Cyberpunk 2077's commercial track record—40 million base-game copies and 15 million for Phantom Liberty—translates into a bankable film property, while stacking adaptations of Street Fighter and Call of Duty to stake a claim in the video-game-to-film pipeline. The deal gives CD Projekt Red a major studio partner for a franchise that went from a troubled 2020 launch to a 40-million-unit seller.
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