The list of upcoming video game adaptations just keeps on growing, and Xbox is adding yet another to its roster with a live-action movie based on the action-adventure game Sea of Thieves.
Xbox announced the movie inside a pretty stuffed feature from Entertainment Weekly that details the studio's many upcoming projects. Per the article, Sea of Thieves is in the works in conjunction with Hisako Films, the production company that belongs to Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton. A director or writer has not yet been attached.
The game debuted in 2018, and sees the player control a pirate who completes various voyages in an open world setting. Players can play solo, duo, or in a group, and yes, there's a treasure map and a treasure chest... as well as a megalodon and a kraken. Oh, and you get to choose from a variety of cool weapons including cutlasses, blunderbusses, throwing knives, blowpipes, and harpoon guns.
"The main character of a Sea of Thieves game is actually the player and the community," Booty told Entertainment Weekly. "So if you sit down to think about Sea of Thieves, it's not, 'Who are the main characters? What's the plot?' It's a super social game, but there's a tone to Sea of Thieves. It's built on a very cooperative community, so you can start to sense what that's going to be like."
Xbox's ongoing slate of live-action projects includes Prime Video's Fallout TV show, Netflix's Gears of War movie, a TV show based on Wolfenstein, and Michael Sarnoski's Death Stranding movie.
Sea of Thieves does not yet have a release date. For more, check out the ever-growing list of upcoming video game movies.
