A Bloodborne movie, TV series, or anime is not outside the realms of possibility according to PlayStation Studios lead Hermen Hulst, who says the company's investments are about more than just game development nowadays.
Talking to Reuters about Sony's recent funding of Elden Ring maker FromSoftware, Hulst said: "You should think of collaborations on the game development side first and foremost, but it's also not unthinkable with our PlayStation Productions efforts that we explore opportunities." Sony is making a habit of late to tie its movie and TV efforts to a game release so new fans have something to play once they've consumed that other piece of media; The Last of Us: Part I is a recent example. A remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn tied with the Netflix TV show looks set to be another.
Elsewhere in the article, Hulst says "definitely a possibility" for Sony to invest in the PC, mobile, and live service spaces even further. The company acquired Nixxes Software to help out with porting PS5, PS4 games to the personal computer, and Savage Game Studios was brought on board to bolster Sony's mobile efforts. Finally, Destiny 2 developer Bungie was purchased for $3.6 billion to aid first-party studios in the live service space. The two companies will come together to form a "live service centre of excellence".
So far, PlayStation Productions has confirmed The Last of Us TV show from HBO will arrive next year, and then God of War is being adapted by Amazon while the TV rights to Horizon were claimed by Netflix. We also have Gran Turismo TV shows and movies to look forward to, as well as a Ghost of Tsushima live-action film. For more information, check out our All PlayStation Productions Movies and TV Shows guide.
[source reuters.com]
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What a time to be alive
The only chance for BB to get a Remaster/Remake/anything. Would only really work as an Anime Imho.
You also forgot to mention the Gravity Rush TV Project
This gets greenlit, you'll finally see your bloodborne remaster - guaranteed
@IonMagi Jak And Daxter Was Also Rumored To be getting a movie as well.
@Areus Oh, really? I know Sly had a Show/Movie planned which was most likely canceled
@IonMagi That hasn't been confirmed by Sony.
If this gets us the remake we all want then so be it… I am yet to play Bloodborne in the hope for a patch / remake and refuse to play it until that happens.
I’d only watch the movie if it was so scary I crapped my pants every five minutes, the stench of which caused the projector the restart the film and the sound of Brian Blessed yelling GIT GUD! to come blaring out of every speaker in the theatre (especially the subwoofers).
How about 60fps in the game?
Make use of Crunchyroll too.
So far for me Castlevania on Netflix has set the bar for shows/movies based on games.
Maybe when they get through all of the movies and TV shows they'll start putting out some anime.
How about a 60fps PS5 port before you work on multimedia spin offs
Whatever it takes to get Bloodborne at 60fps.
Yes please. Anime would be epic, movie/tv show could be amazing. Ps5 upgrade or remaster before a sequel.
I'd kill for a Bloodborne animated show from the masterminds of the Castlevania/Blood of Zeus shows.
@uptownsoul Not really. It's obvious Sony investing in a game company will be about the games first.
Nah not anime. That medium isnt suitable to show off the grotesqueness of the game. Maybe a mini series by one of the cgi studios who worked on love death and robots. Blur studios perhaps? Bad travelling defo gave BB vibes
Might want to make a couple of games first. Lets turn every game into a movie/series, because that always go so damn well... Desperate morons.
@Humaniac you do know Sony a entertainment company.
From's games are all about exploration, atmosphere and gameplay.
Now if you make a TV series/movie that's mainly about plot, characters and dialogue, simply wrapped up in the skin of the games, that just won't feel like Bloodborne at all.
@IonMagi It wouldn't work as an anime. In fact From's games are all about exploration, atmosphere and subtle story telling. I don't know why anyone would want a TV series.
@SoulsBourne128 Oh God no. They butchered Castlevania, God knows what they'd do to Bloodborne but it would be filled with too much monologue and expositional dialogue. Best to leave Bloodborne as a game.
@Jswift56 I don't think there's ever going to be a sequel to Bloodborne. At most, it would see a spiritual successor I think.
Honestly, a live action, movie or anime would just be bad. What makes Bloodborne's storytelling amazing is its subtle nature of storytelling through the environment and exploration. Cinematic stories are the opposite of Soulsborne games.
Thanks but I’d just prefer a sequel to the game instead of a movie or TV show.
I always wanted a Bloodborne series! Maybe I'm in the minority but I'd love a live action one. An animated one would be welcome too but a live action might pull us into the atmosphere better while animated might come off as a cheap and poorer version of the game. With the right actor and great cgi, it coud look amazing and pull us in. If a live action worked out then it could make a perfectly good studio tour for tourist to visit and feel inside that world too..
3 words:
Guillermo del Toro
@Areus - Supposedly Live-Action too, I hope not, should be animated, and would probably work better as an Animated TV Show, much like Sly Cooper & Ratchet & Clank.
Tom Holland even expressed interest in playing Jak, I seriously hope that doesn't happen, Tom Holland just would not fit Jak's tough, gritty and dangerous demeanor & presence.
@Humaniac - Sony makes movies too y'know? Like Men in Black, Ghostbusters, Bad Boys, Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Mitchells Vs The Machines, Angry Birds, Hotel Transylvania etc.
PlayStation has a lot of Gaming IP's, why wouldn't they want to adapt those into Movies & TV Series? Capcom, SEGA, Microsoft, they all do it.
@LiamCroft Hello Liam, just FYI you stated in your article that "Once the deal is closes" in regards to the Bungie acquisition. Umm you should look at correcting this since the deal closed back in Mid July. Bungie is now fully owned by Sony.
Cheers!
I've always secretly wanted a movie/series based on Dark Souls and/or Bloodborne, and just as @Ravix said; Guillermo Del Toro would be prefect for just such a project.
@robhammy88 You're right, I forgot it's already closed. Edited, thanks!
@LiamCroft Awesome! Oh, any chance you guys can list "PlayStation Malaysia" in Push Square's on going Studio article (where you update everytime a new studio is announced). They just showed off their new studio offices on Twitter and it looks really great. They are a support studio much like Valkyrie Entertainment. It would be nice if you, Robert, and Sammy could finally recognize them and show them some love.
Cheer and have a great day!
P.S. PSU or PlayStation Universe has article about it with a link to their Twitter and some awesome photos of their new PS Studio offices.
@robhammy88 We can look at adding them when the article is updated again, certainly.
@LiamCroft Thank you. An idea that might be an interesting and fun discussion is for you guys to do a video and discussion of Bloodborne (plus it DLC) and the Demon Souls Remake the similarities between them and how you see both going forward in sequels. Maybe share your own most favorite moments and also, challenging moments as well. What you want to see and improve on in a sequel.
Just an idea for a lively discussion and fun memories.
Cheers!
TV, TV, TV! What a time to be a gamer! 🤣🤣🤣
A bloodborne cgi movie could be amazing
Bloodborne is the type of IP that can do wonders as a TV show, if done, explored and respected properly.
They can start with it from the early days of Byrgenwerth and the Pthumeru tomb explorations, the discovery of traces of the Great Ones and the old blood, founding of the healing church, the first hunters, the experiments, and go with it from there.
There's a lot of stuff they can use and augment to make the story much bigger.
If they augment it and the action properly, they can make at least 20 episodes (2 seasons) with the first part of the lore alone, what came before the main game's story in Yharnam.
In total, I can see this with 40 episodes/4 seasons easy.
And one more thing - any Bloodborne TV show must include 2 things above all:
1. Collaborate with Miyazaki and From Software to help add more lore. Don't go into it blindly and start throwing new pieces of lore around hoping it sticks, 'cause it will end up failing miserably.
2. Be rated Mature/18+ , period. No beating around the bush, no "appealing to younger audiences" reasons to make it PG13. If they hide the monsters, the blood, the brutality of the world etc then the show will be lost before it even releases. Young adults will find a way to watch it if they really want to, regardless of rating... as Fluffy once said "you can control your children's phone, but you can't control their friends phones". It's not an excuse to stop using ratings, it's simply real life. Game of Thrones is the best example out there... just look at how successful it was in spite of it's Mature content.
A ps5 remastered for bloodborne would be better.word up son
Arcane and edgerunners set the bar for anime game adaptations imo, but I don't get the hype around Castlevania... The first season was great in it's focus, world building and brevity. After that it was just an overstretched slog of a bunch of edgelords, each trying to sound more wittier and condescending than the other in way too many episodes. At least the last season tied it up well.
Bloodborne on TV, dunno... still my favourite soulsborne though.
@IronTruth hey, it could be worse. I'd take exposition over the characters dropping F-bombs every 10 second lol
Honestly, I just want the animators to work on the show. As for the writers, I definitely want them to be different, none from Castlevania that's for sure. Because if they make characters like Gyula or Gehrman constantly say swear words and s*x jokes, I'll be incredibly disappointed.
We can't even get a 60 fps patch and people think we'll get screen adaptations?
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