More than 10 (!) years after the announcement: video game hit “Watch Dogs” is finally being made into a film

“Ubisoft wants to bring the video games ‘Watch Dogs’ and ‘Far Cry’ to the cinema and turn ‘Rabbit’s into a TV series’, was our headline more than ten years ago. But even if the video game giant hasn’t been idle since, such as filming “Assassin’s Creed” with Michael Fassbender, most of its long-heralded screen adaptations have been at a standstill. At least in one case there is a breath of fresh air blowing through the case:

“Guard dogs“ is really happening now – finally! – filmed. More than ten years after the above announcement, the time now seems right to realize the project. How first reported that Sophie Wilde is in talks to star in directorial film ‘Hostile’ Mathieu Thuri. It is the 26-year-old Australian’s first major film role, but that requires an announcement…

Sophie Wilde: Her big breakthrough with ‘Talk To Me’

If you don’t immediately think of a face when you hear this name, don’t worry: Sophie Wilde hasn’t been in front of the camera for very long, but she has an even steeper career. And that comes as no surprise, at least not to the author of these lines:

Because last year it was available in “Talk to me“, the surprising horror hit from Australia, which became a blockbuster in international film theaters and excited both the public and the trade press. For us at FILMSTARTS, ‘Talk To Me’ is also the best horror film of the past year – thanks in no small part to Wilde’s haunting performance. After recently appearing in the strong Netflix series ‘Boy Swallows Universe’, her first large-scale film now follows.

This is what awaits us in ‘Watch Dogs’

The game hit, which became a game franchise with ‘Watch Dogs 2’, ‘Watch Dogs: Legion’ and ‘Watch Dogs: Legion – Bloodline’, revolves around various hackers who delve into the underworld of various fictionalized cities – such as the former gangster Aiden Pearce, who one day becomes entangled in his criminal past and eventually begins a brutal campaign of revenge.

And that’s exactly why it was possible Mathieu Thuri While he was also exactly the right filmmaker for the project, his feature debut ‘Hostile’ was no squeamish – so the film, like all ‘Watch Dogs’ games, was released in this country for ages 18 and up. By the way, the screenplay for “Watch Dogs” comes from Christie LeBlanc (“Oxygen”).

It is not known when “Watch Dogs” will be released in theaters. Before the cameras can even start rolling, other cast members will likely be announced. We don’t expect a theatrical release until 2025 at the earliest.