Kingdom Come: Deliverance – the no-bathing, manure-hurling, peasant simulator that's also one of our picks for the best medieval games on PC – could soon be getting a live-action adaptation, courtesy of Warhorse Studios and former Netflix executive Erik Barmack. The news comes from Variety, which recently spoke to Barmack about the future of his LA-based production company, Wild Sheep Content.
If you recognise the company name, that might be because Wild Sheep Content recently signed a deal with Sega to develop a movie based on the beloved Yakuza franchise. That production is currently searching for scriptwriters, while the Kingdom Come: Deliverance project is on the lookout for potential writers and directors. There's no confirmation as to whether this adaptation will take the form of a movie or series, yet, only that it'll be live-action.
"Videogames with heavy narrative, like The Witcher and Kingdom Come: Deliverance, are uniquely adaptable, and local but global all at once," Barmack told Variety. Between this and the Yakuza project, Barmack sees both deals as focusing on "amazing, non-U.S. worlds that are locally relevant, but with a regional and global popularity that streamers are looking for as they become more and more global."
We're personally very up for a live-action Kingdom Come: Deliverance movie or show. We're guessing we won't see Henry Cavill fan-cast in this one, given he's already got a packed schedule what with that totally hypothetical WoW movie he's been touted for this week. We'd still love to see him play a freakishly-yoked Waluigi in a gritty, Joker-style character study, though.
There's no sign of a release date for the adaptation just yet, but you could always dip into the game itself while you wait. In our RPG game was "as stubborn as it is embracing, making for a potentially tumultuous relationship between player and game. But it is a relationship you'll absolutely feel compelled to nurture."