25 Video Game Movies That Are Actually Happening

Turning everyone’s favourite video games into movies has never guaranteed success at the box office, where for every successful Resident Evil entry there’s been a blockbuster bomb like Battleship. But with The Angry Birds Movie and Warcraft both making more than enough money earlier this year to warrant talk of sequels, video game to film adaptations (that are actually good) is a trend we ought to get used to.

With that in mind, here are 25 movies based on video games that are coming to a cinema near you soon. We can't wait to see these on the big screen!

25 Video Game Movies That Are Actually Happening

Assassins Creed 2 (Date TBC): The first film isn’t out until December, but that hasn’t stopped producers starting work on a sequel that will see Michael Fassbender reprise his dual role as Callum Lynch/Master Assassin Aguiler.

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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Feb 2017): In the sixth entry in this hugely popular zombie series, Milla Jovovich returns to Raccoon City (along with her new bff Ruby Rose) for one final rumble with the evil Umbrella Corporation!

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The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Date TBC): With the first film making close to $350 million worldwide at the box office earlier this year, further sequels based on the highly successful mobile game franchise seems inevitable.

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Splinter Cell (2017): With Tom Hardy confirmed to play the stealthy games series’ central protagonist Sam Fisher, 2017 might provide us with one of the greatest video game adaptations of all time.

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Splinter Cell 2 (Date TBC): As with 'Assassins Creed,' New Regency is already prepping a sequel to next year’s film should Sam Fisher manage to expertly murder the competition at the Box Office.

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Tomb Raider (2018): After much cast speculation earlier this year, it was announced in April that 'Ex Machina' star Alicia Vikander has signed up to play Lara Croft in a new 'Tomb Raider' film based on the rebooted game series.

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Fruit Ninja (Date TBC): As the second top-selling iOS game EVER with over 1 billion downloads, it was only a matter of time before someone found a way to turn slicing apples, oranges and pineapples into a live-action family comedy.

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The Division (2018): Undeterred by the mediocre reception for his first video game-inspired movie 'Prince of Persia,' Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to star and produce the film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s third-person shooter.

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Minecraft (2019): A release date for the first film based on Mojang’s beloved building game is pencilled in for May 2019, with Rob Mcelhenney, who also plays Mac on the comedy "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, set to direct.

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The Witcher (Date TBC): The film version which is said to borrow themes from the books and the games, which tell the story of monster hunters trained and mutates as boys to have extraordinary abilities, is due for release in 2017.

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Warcraft 2 (Date TBC): Thanks to a healthy worldwide box office and record-setting run in China, a sequel to Duncan Jones’ poorly reviewed Orcs vs. Humans fantasy epic is as likely as Orcs are green.

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Call of Duty Cinematic Universe (Date TBC): Activision Blizzard have big plans for turning their massively popular first-person shooter series into a series of films, and have even launched their own film studio to do exactly that!

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Nintendo Cinematic Universe (Date TBC): CEO Tatsumi Kimishima recently announced that Nintendo will release feature-length films in the near future which is great news for fans of Zelda, Yoshi, Kirby, Donkey Kong and the Mario Bros!

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Portal (Date TBC): The 2007 puzzle-platform game that involves solving puzzles by teleporting your character and other objects is being developed by sci-fi maestro J.J. Abrams who directed last year’s mega hit 'The Force Awakens'.

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Half-Life (Date TBC): Abrams is also working on bringing the 1998 classic, which sees Dr. Gordon Freeman try to fight his way out of a research facility after a teleportation experiment goes wrong, to the big screen.

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Centipede and Missile Command (Dates TBC): Atari have gotten in on the action and announced this year that two of their most popular 80's video games classics will be turned into movies.

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Borderlands (Date TBC): The first-person shooter which is set on the fictional planet of Pandora is being developed by producers Avi and Ari Arad who were also involved in creating both the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises.

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Sonic the Hedgehog (2018): 2018 will see Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles reuniting to take on infamous villain Dr. Robotnik once again in the blue hedgehog’s live-action debut!

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Rabbids (Date TBC): The screenplay for the hybrid live-action/stop-motion animated feature film based on the TV show and games which feature crazy rabbits who like to cause mischief and yell “Bwaaah!” is being written as we speak!

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Tetris (Date TBC): Described as a massive science-fiction story that will be told over a planned trilogy of films, Game Boy’s classic puzzle game has the potential to become Hollywood’s most WTF franchise!

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Mortal Kombat (2017): Although unconfirmed, the new cast for the upcoming film reboot of the violent fighting game which includes Vin Diesel as Shao Khan and Rhonda Rousey as Sonya Blade is a Box Office KO waiting to happen!

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Deus Ex (Date TBC): Since director Scott Derrickson dropped out to instead helm 'Doctor Strange,' the internet has been waiting for an update on the status of this cyberpunk-themed thriller which producers have now said will drop soon!

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Uncharted (2017): Without a lead actor as yet confirmed to play fortune hunter Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Indiana Jones-esque franchise, a release date of June 2017 may be a little adventurous.

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Metal Gear Solid (Date TBC): With the franchise having sold over 49.2 million units to date, we shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to see grisly babe Solid Snake sneak around for an hour and a half on the big screen.

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Rampage (Date TBC): Dwayne Johnson has signed on as the lead in this epic blockbuster based on the classic 80’s video game that allowed players to play as a giant ape, monster, or werewolf and destroy as many cities as possible!

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25 Video Game Movies That Are Actually Happening

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