It looks like our beloved Sir Dan Fortesque might be resurrected in a whole new way. Eagle-eyed MediEvil fans have spotted what appears to be a tease for a film, or possibly TV show, based upon the cult classic PlayStation series.
If you head over to the official website for PlayStation Productions — the company established to adapt video games for the big and small screen — you'll find a short video under the heading 'Our Mission'. The video is a promotional clip that talks up the identity and goals of PS Productions, with various well-known PlayStation characters featuring throughout. Part-way through the video, you can quite clearly see the spindly legs of Sir Dan. All other franchises represented in the video have either already received an adaptation, or are confirmed to be happening.
Here's the post pointing it out:
Since this post made it to X, a couple of writers for film and television have teased their involvement. Chris Amick and Ben Mekler, both of whom wrote on series such as Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, and Final Space, have each reacted to the above post:
Obviously none of this is totally conclusive, but the evidence points to a MediEvil adaptation. The most likely scenario is an animated TV show, going by the pair of writers' previous credits, but a movie isn't out of the question.
What do you make of this? Would you be excited to see MediEvil get some film/TV love? Dig up your thoughts in the comments section below.
[source playstation.com, via twitter.com]
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I'd be up for this. Always been a fan of Medievil and its world 💀
How about annoucing new (non-GAAs) Games instead...
Considering how successful The Super Mario Bros Movie was I wouldn't be surprised if PlayStation Productions began to make animated adaptations of their older mascot platformers like Astro Bot and Sackboy, or maybe give Ratchet & Clank and the canceled Sly Cooper movies another chance at Sony Animation and make them more in line with the games.
Also, MediEvil being animated makes sense even if I have zero connection with it.
If it's happening, I would certainly be interested. Would probably be the first thing from PS Productions that I would watch. A remake of the second game would be good as the PS4 remake was my first experience with MediEvil.
I might not care for their other shows/films but I would definitely watch this
Would be nice if Sony announced games. The Mario movie was a gigantic success but Nintendo did also announce Mario franchise games (e.g. Super Mario Bros Wonder, Super Mario RPG remake, Luigi's Mansion 2 remaster, untitled Peach game).
An animated MediEvil could probably come off with a lot of charm if done properly. Curious to hear more about this as it develops.
Not opposed to this. Good they have a separate team getting servicing some off their franchises
@Grumblevolcano
Didn't they announce a bunch of games a couple months ago, weren't there more games announced just in the last week?
Or do non of those exist unless it's single player games made by Sony themselves?
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MediEvil is one of the more beloved games of my life!! I really hope this happens, and they get the nuance that's implied there. Sir Daniel is the legend who becomes a true hero.
@Anthony_Daniels This is about Sony only announcing Movies/Shows as of late so we obviously want them to show off ANYTHING new from their own Studios that issnt a GaaS
I think this one actually makes sense unlike some of the others.
It's got a good sense of humor perfect for a light hearted TV project and not too much lore to bog it down.
I would actually be down for this.
@Anthony_Daniels I was on about how you have all these franchises that are getting movies or TV shows like Twisted Metal, Jak & Daxter, Gravity Rush, MediEvil which has been absent from the games side of things.
Microsoft are also guilty of this is as they're doing a Gears of War movie and that franchise is missing too.
@Grumblevolcano I’m all for them milking their old IPs.
If they do well get a new game. If not? Have some 2nd party studio work on something new.
There is an opportunity cost. For every game that gets made, another doesn’t.
This is so low risk. PS studios developers aren’t sitting somewhere not doing anything.
MediEvil 2 requires the remake treatment
In all honesty, I really dislike this timeline we're in where a lot of these IPs are getting move/series instead of games.
They should call in Tim Burton to do this movie as stuff like this is kinda his thing.
@Areus I’m 100% in favour of this show being stop-motion animation.
I would love this, and a great suggestion of doing it in stop animation. A remake of Medievil 2 to go along with it too!
We are now at the point where more films & TV shows of single player triple-A games are being announced & released by Sony than actual single player games.
@Grumblevolcano Gears? Missing? Gears 5 and Tactics came out only a few years ago, and there's no doubt the Coalition is working on a 6th game for Series X.
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