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Paramount Is Working on a Live-Action Cyberpunk 2077 Movie
The adaptation follows a game that has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, while Paramount expands its slate of video game films.
- Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film based on Cyberpunk 2077, the popular sci-fi RPG from Poland-based developer CD Projekt Red, which will serve as producer on the project.
- Veteran producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, known for the Transformers franchise, is attached to produce the adaptation, which centers on mercenary V battling a cybernetic "biochip" containing the consciousness of Johnny Silverhand.
- The original game has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, while its expansion, Phantom Liberty, sold 15 million copies, demonstrating strong franchise momentum following the success of the animated series Edgerunners on Netflix.
- This adaptation joins Paramount's expanding video game slate, which includes Street Fighter and a Call of Duty film directed by Peter Berg with writing by Taylor Sheridan.
- CD Projekt Red is simultaneously developing a sequel titled Project Orion, which entered pre-production in 2025, though the studio has not announced a release date for the next Cyberpunk title.
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PARAMOUNT Pictures is preparing a feature film adaptation of the video game Cyberpunk 2077.
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'Cyberpunk 2077': Paramount Has A Big-Screen Adaptation Of The Popular Sci-Fi Video Game In The Works
Another day, another video game getting adapted into a blockbuster movie. Variety reports that Paramount has plans to adapt the popular sci-fi game “Cyberpunk 2077” for the big screen. Following a troubled late 2020 release by CD Projekt Red that was plagued with performance issues, the open-world RPG has gone on to sell 40 million copies worldwide; its 2023 expansion pack, subtitled “Phantom Liberty,” also sold 15 million copies. Continue readi…
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