Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film based on Cyberpunk 2077, with CD Projekt Red producing alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, the producer of the Transformers series, according to a Deadline report cited by Polygon, IGN, Video Games Chronicle, GameSpot and Rock Paper Shotgun. No writer, director, cast or release date has been announced.
Rock Paper Shotgun reported a statement from CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski posted to social media.
We're excited about Paramount as a future partner who shares our creative ambitions for the Cyberpunk franchise. We look forward to sharing more details at the appropriate time.
IGN noted it is unclear whether the film will adapt the 2020 game directly or tell a new story set in its universe, as Netflix's animated series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners did. Di Bonaventura's credits also include the G.I. Joe films and The Meg, according to IGN and VGC. The game's cast includes Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand and Idris Elba, who joined for the Phantom Liberty expansion, VGC and IGN noted.
Paramount's game slate
The project joins a growing list of game adaptations at Paramount. The studio's Street Fighter film is releasing next weekend, IGN reported, and a Call of Duty movie written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Peter Berg is set for 2028. GameSpot reported that Paramount recently completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and that the combined parent company will be called Skydance.
Cyberpunk 2077 launched in December 2020 in a widely criticized state and was improved over the following years, Polygon reported. The game has sold more than 40 million copies, according to CD Projekt figures cited by VGC and Polygon, and VGC reported the Phantom Liberty expansion has sold 15 million.
CD Projekt has adapted the setting before. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, produced with animation studio Trigger, began streaming on Netflix in 2022, and a sequel series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, premieres on Netflix on October 20, Polygon and VGC reported. A game sequel, Cyberpunk 2, is in pre-production and has no release date, Polygon reported, and IGN said it is expected to follow The Witcher 4.
