The Stray is getting an precise animated film. Even cooler? The title’s unique writer Annapurna is making the flick, after it scored a shock hit on Netflix with its first animated function Nimona. The inventive workforce continues to be beneath wraps, however Annapurna Animation head Robert Baird that the movie is in lively growth and that it’ll be the “biggest hopepunk film that is ever been made.”
Baird defines “hopepunk” as a story idea that deems optimism as a type of resistance towards tyranny. That almost describes the emotional tenor of the sport, so Annapurna’s heading in the right direction. Moreover, it’s been confirmed that the sport’s companion drone B-12 will likely be a big a part of the movie, with Baird stating it’s a “buddy comedy a few cat and a robotic” happening to quote the pair’s “hilarious dynamic.”
The unique sport was launched final 12 months and put gamers in charge of a curious cat in a cyberpunk panorama. There’s loads of platforming, stealth-based traversal and, uh, meows. The title was praised for giving gamers a cat-level perspective on the world and has been an enormous hit on nearly each platform.
As for Annapurna, the Stray film is barely a single step in its plans for Hollywood domination. The animation arm of the corporate introduced just a few extra movies and teased loads extra. Chris Wedge, the creator of Ice Age, is directing a film known as FOO, quick for fish out of water, and Nimona’s co-director Nick Bruno has signed on to helm an unnamed mission that’s solely been described as “excessive idea” and “Spielbergian.”
The corporate additionally teased that different video games beneath its umbrella might obtain the film therapy, stating that Stray was chosen as the primary adaptation because of it being “wildly in style.” Different titles within the writer’s roster embody the time-loop thriller Twelve Minutes, starring Daisy Ridley and James McAvoy, the Starfield-before-Starfield sci-fi romp Outer Wilds, the narrative thriller Kentucky Route Zero and plenty of extra. Every of those would make for a good film.
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