Early Access succes'en The Long Dark udkommer i dag til PC, Playstation 4 og Xbox One, efter at have tilbragt et par år i Early Acces og have solgt mere en 1.3 millioner kopier. Succes-historien ender dog ikke der. Survival-spillet - der også indeholder en kampagne - bliver nu lavet til en film, og udvikleren af spillet, Hinterland Games har slået sig sammen med Resident Evil-producer, Jeremy Bolt, for at gøre det til en realitet.
"My goal with Hinterland - starting with The Long Dark -- has always been to create original entertainment properties that could span multiple mediums, exploiting the storytelling potential of each form" udtalte Raphael van Lierop, skaber og creative director hos Hinterland. "Partnering with Jeremy on this project is the first step in achieving that vision of true cross-platform storytelling in the world of The Long Dark."
"I first reached out to Raphael, as a fan of The Long Dark" forklarer Bolt. "I was immediately taken by the game's stunningly immersive landscapes, eerily solitary and realistic nature; it is an existential tale of moral, emotional and physical endurance with strong characters to build on; it is also a mystery. It is an honor to try to do justice to it on film."
Bolt vil fungere som producer, og van Lierup vil skrive manuskrptet, hvilket efterlader en åben plads i instruktørstolen.