AND Sims the movie is supposedly on the way!
After success BarbieMargot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr’s production company LuckyChap are now teaming up with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon to announce a film adaptation of the beloved game, according to Diversity and The Hollywood Reporter.
Loki Director Kate Herron is attached to work on the project and will also write the script alongside Briony Redman, according to outlets. This is not the only video game project Herron is working on, he will also direct an episode in the upcoming second season The last of us.
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The Sims the film is still in the early days of development, according to outlets, and it’s not yet known which studio will release it. The cast is also yet to be announced.
Reps for Robbie and Ackerley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE when reached for comment.
The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise is one of the best-selling game series of all time, having sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide since its first release in 2000.
Video games are also part of a bigger one Sim series, which he started SimCity 1989. Over the years, The Sims the games have gotten bigger, now featuring settings including holiday and high school editions.
LuckyChap also produced the 2023 film Saltburnstarring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi.
The Sims news comes immediately Barbiemultiple wins and nominations during the 2024 awards season. The comedy, based on the beloved Mattel doll, has grossed over $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office.
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Margot Robbie.
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After the film was released, Robbie said she knew it would be a hit. The 33-year-old said collider“I think my pitch at the greenlight meeting was that studios are so far ahead when they’re brave enough to pair a big idea with a visionary director.”
One example she gave in “naming everything that was amazing and made tons of money for studies over the years” was “dinosaurs and [Steven] Spielberg.”
“And I said, ‘And now you have Barbie and Greta Gerwig,'” Robbie said. “And I think I told them they were going to make a billion dollars, which I may have exaggerated, but we had to make a movie, okay?!”
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