‘Split Fiction’ Movie in the Works: Bidding War Begins for Rights to Adapt Hit Video Game (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer A film adaptation of “Split Fiction,” the hot new co-op game from “It Takes Two” developer Hazelight Studios, is in the works, Variety has learned.

Sources at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco have confirmed that media company Story Kitchen (led by the team that shepherded “It Takes Two” into a film project now set up at Amazon) is putting together the film’s cast, writers and director into a package as offers for the rights keep coming in from multiple top Hollywood studios.

Variety, which is on the ground at GDC this week, is continuing to monitor the bidding war, with more details on the project to come.

Representatives for Hazelight Studios and Story Kitchen did not immediately respond to request for comment Thursday. Written by director and Hazelight studio chief Josef Fares and Sebastian Johansson, “Split Fiction” blends fantasy and science fiction, following a pair of authors trapped in the worlds they wrote. “Split Fiction” features gameplay mechanics involving split-screen combat, platforming challenges and differing abilities for each character.