Split Fiction, one of this year’s hottest new video games, is coming to the big screen.Sydney Sweeneyis attached to the new project, making it the second video game adaptation she’s signed on for in recent weeks. Variety reports thatWickedhelmerJon M. Chuwill direct the fantasy-science fiction adventure. The game, which was released in March, follows two authors, Mio Hudson and Zoe Foster, who participate in a test of a new simulation device that allows them to enter their own stories.
A glitch puts Mio and Zoe into the same simulation, and they have to travel through a dangerous blend of Mio’s science fiction story with Zoe’s fantasy epic before they travel deep into their own psyches to face their buried traumas. Sweeney will play one of the two leads, but it has yet to be decided which one she will play. It’s the second video game adaptation the ubiquitous actor has recently been attached to; earlier this week, she was reported to be involved in an adaptation of the high-octane racing arcade gameOutRun, which will be directed byMichael Bay.
What Other Projects Is Sydney Sweeney Working On?
Sweeney is doing little to dispel her image as one of the hardest-working actors in Hollywood. This year alone, she will star inRon Howard’s historical survival dramaEden, which will receive its belated US release in August;Americana, a crime thriller withPaul Walter HauserandHalsey;Echo Valley, an Apple TV+ thriller withJulianne Moore; andThe Housemaid, a twisty psychological drama withAmanda Seyfried, which will hit theaters this Christmas. Also on the horizon for Sweeney is a biopic of pioneering women’s boxerChristy Martin;Scandalous!,Colman Domingo’s dramatization of the romance between Hollywood starsKim Novak(Sweeney) andSammy Davis Jr.(David Jonsson); an A24 reimagining ofEdgar Allan Poe’sThe Masque of the Red Death; a remake of the science fiction camp classicBarbarella; and a live-action version of the seminal mecha anime franchiseGundam. She is also filming the long-awaited third season of her breakout seriesEuphoria.
Split Fiction’s script is being penned byRhett ReeseandPaul Wernick(Zombieland,Ghosted,Deadpool and Wolverine); the duo already have another video game adaptation under their belts in the form of Peacock’sTwisted Metal. In addition to starring, Sweeney will also executive produce, as she has with a number of her recent projects. It will be produced byMike GoldbergandDmitri M. Johnson’s Story Kitchen and Chu’s Electric Somewhere.
Split Fiction’s movie adaptation is in development;no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
