With the genre seeing an adaptation of a similar viral release, Tim Sweeney has weighed in on the rumors of aFortnitemovie adaptation. Developed by Sweeney’s Epic Games, the online battle royale has been one of the most successful titles of the past decade, pitting players against one another in a variety of game modes, typically those of a third-person shooter persuasion. Even with the game having reportedly earned upwards of $40 billion since its 2017 launch,Fortnitehas yetto expand to other mediums.
Recently, however, rumors have swirled that aFortnitemovie adaptation is in the works, albeit with no creative figures attached, and some studios having reportedly passed on the project. One such person to report on these rumors was Twitter user@ShiinaBR, who reports on the game and is partnered with Epic Games,though Epic CEO and founder Tim Sweeney quickly responded with a blunt statement calling the rumors “false”. Check out their posts below:
What This Means For The Fortnite Movie
The Adaptation Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon
Considering the ongoing success of both the genre and the game itself, it makes sense why rumblings of aFortnitemovie adaptation would be arising. One of the more notable reasons for it would be the recent release ofA Minecraft Movie,a similarly online-driven game with over a decade of success and the need for a filmmaking team to craft an original story. WhiletheMinecraftadaptation hasn’t landed great reviews, it is off to a strong start at the box office, surpassingFive Nights at Freddy’sfor best Thursday night previews for a video game adaptation.
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Interestingly, while Sweeney is disproving the rumors for now, should aFortnitemovie enter development,it wouldn’t be the first Epic Games title to have a screen treatment in the works. AGears of Warmovie adaptationhas been in development hell for the better part of the past two decades, with the most recent update coming in late 2022 when Netflix and The Coalition teamed to develop both a movie and animated TV show. If the publisher gets confidence in the world of adaptations throughGears of War, they may consider it withFortnite.
The one thing that might prove troublesome for getting aFortnitemovie off the ground is how Epic would share the rights to the property with a studio. Across its seven-plus-year lifecycle,the game has featured character skins from nearly every franchise and studio in Hollywood, with everything fromStar WarstoStranger Thingscharacters and NFL players being playable. While the movie adaptation could simply leave out any skins that risk copyright issues, the creative team may still try to find a way to recreate this with whatever properties the studio they team with has.
Our Take On A Fortnite Movie Adaptation
Much Tougher To Crack Than Minecraft
While they have a similar challenge to overcome in their lack of a base story, aFortniteadaptation seems like an even trickier game to crack translating to the screen thanMinecraftin its lack of any real loreor foundation to develop a story from. The general concept of a group of people surviving on an island by fighting each other has been explored before on screen, though the toxic blue storm would be interesting to see in film. However, I also feel like deciding what audience to target will give aFortnitemovie some problems.
