Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has greater than piqued our curiosity over right here at ol’ PC Gamer, however whereas Sandfall Interactive’s extraordinarily fashionable RPG exhibits quite a lot of promise, I’ve gotta admit I used to be shocked to seek out out {that a} live-action film adaptation was already within the works. The recreation is not out till April this yr.
Developed by “a small workforce with an indie spirit”, Clair Obscur is about in a fantasy world impressed by the Belle Époque, a French golden age sandwiched between the Napoleonic Wars and World War 2. It’s the period that gave us the Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge, the cinematograph and Art Nouveau. In Clair Obscur, although, as an alternative of a spirit of optimism concerning the future, individuals are desperately attempting to avert extinction.
See, yearly, a being often known as the Paintress paints a quantity on her monolith, after which everybody that age “turns to smoke and fades away”. She’s counting down. And yearly, an expedition is shipped on a mission to kill her. We’ll play the crew of Expedition 33, who all have a yr to dwell, dashing to cease the Paintress earlier than she paints their quantity.
A robust aesthetic and a premise that’s unusual however with massive, easy-to-comprehend stakes lends itself properly to a film adaptation, I suppose. Story Kitchen should suppose so, at the least. Per Variety’s unique, the manufacturing firm—which incorporates the producer of Sonic the Hedgehog as certainly one of its co-founders—has teamed up with Sandfall to adapt the sport. It specialises in adapting videogames and can also be at present engaged on the live-action Tomb Raider present for Amazon, in addition to diversifications of Just Cause, Ruiner and Shinobi.
“The recreation’s compelling narrative and sophisticated characters present a stable basis for a cinematic expertise that may resonate with each avid gamers and moviegoers alike,” stated Story Kitchen founders Dmitri M. Johnson and Mike Goldberg.
All of Story Kitchen’s different initiatives are both a part of a longtime collection, or—within the case of Ruiner—began lengthy after the sport got here out. But in the meanwhile no person is aware of if Clair Obscur goes to be a giant deal. That stated, I think that the film execs making these offers do not actually care. Sure, Tomb Raider stays a giant deal, however a 2017 top-down shooter like Ruiner ain’t placing bums on seats.
There’s no phrase on when the film is predicted to launch, because it’s nonetheless on the hunt for a director and forged. The recreation, in the meantime, will arrive on April 24.
