LuckyChap, Vertigo Entertainment Producing ‘The Sims’ Movie From Kate Herron and Briony Redman
variety.comThe Sims” is in the works! LuckyChap principals Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara and Tom Ackerley will produce alongside Roy Lee for Vertigo Entertainment.
Kate Herron, who helmed “Loki,” is set to direct the movie and co-write with Briony Redman. The writing duo most recently collaborated on the script for a “Doctor Who” episode.
Herron is next set to direct an episode on the second season of “The Last of Us.” “The Sims” is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, moving more than 200 million copies since its first entry in 2000.
The sandbox games from Electronic Arts allow users to control virtual “Sims,” fulfilling their needs and simulating their lives: going to work, finding love and raising families (or, in the case of some more sadistic players, placing them in a pool and removing the ladder). “The Sims” is part of the larger “Sim” series, which began in 1989 with Will Wright’s “SimCity.” There is no cast attached to the film project yet.
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