“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes” breakout star Tom Blyth has scored his next lead role – the actor set to co-star with “Talk to Me” breakout Sophie Wilde as the leads in the film adaptation of Ubisoft’s hit video game “Watch Dogs” at New Regency.
French genre director Mathieu Turi is helming the film from a script by Christie LeBlanc and Victoria Bata. Yariv Milchan, Natalie Lehmann and Margaret Boykin will produce.
The story of the games unfolds in fictionalized versions of real-life modern day cities which are all run by ctOS, software which offers centralised control over all major infrastructure systems across entire cities including subway lines, electricity grids, surveillance cameras and traffic control systems.
The games follow hacker protagonists caught up in the criminal underworlds of their respective cities who are able to use their phone as a means to both lift people’s personal data and manipulate the environment around them from door locks to street lights.
The three games released have had over 50 million players over the course of three entries to date. The series has extended into other entertainment media like books and comics.
Blyth, who also plays the titular role in the second season of “Billy the Kid” for the MGM+ service, will soon be seen in the lead role in Michael Winterbottom’s new adaptation of Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms”.
Source: Deadline