Some may say we are in a renaissance of video game adaptations as we’ve been treated to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a third Sonic the Hedgehog film, and TV series based on The Last of Us and Fallout, and will soon be getting adaptations of God of War, Mass Effect, and so many more. The best part? A lot of these look so much better than video game adaptations we’ve gotten in the past.
How many will actually make it through development and see the light of day remains to be seen, and only a fraction of these have actual release dates. But we’re watching these projects, and we’re tracking them!
For the purposes of this list, we classify a “video game movie” or “video game TV show” as an actual adaptation of an existing video game, so something like Wreck-It Ralph (which is just a movie about video games) wouldn’t qualify. They don’t have to be faithful adaptations – they just have to be based on a real game.
Click on through the slideshow below for a glimpse, or read on to find out about the biggest projects with definite details. And if you see something incorrect, missing, or in need of an update, let us know in the comments!
What Are the Next Video Game Movies and TV Shows Coming Out? 2025 and Beyond Release Dates
For those keeping track, here’s the full lineup of upcoming video game movie and TV show adaptations:
Video Game Movies in 2025 and Beyond
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (December 5, 2025)
- Return to Silent Hill (January 26, 2026)
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (April 3, 2026)
- Mortal Kombat 2 (May 15, 2026)
- Resident Evil (September 18, 2026)
- Street Fighter (October 16, 2026)
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 (January 29, 2027)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (March 19, 2027)
- The Legend of Zelda (May 7, 2027)
- A Minecraft Movie 2 (July 23, 2027)
- Elden Ring (TBA)
- Call of Duty (TBA)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (TBA)
- Ghost of Tsushima (TBA)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (TBA)
- Grow a Garden from Roblox (TBA)
- Helldivers 2 (TBA)
- The Sims (TBA)
- Martha Is Dead (TBA)
- Riders Republic (TBA)
- Gears of War (TBA)
- Sleeping Dogs (TBA)
- Phasmophobia (TBA)
- Death Stranding (TBA)
- Death Stranding: Mosquito (TBA)
- Days Gone (TBA)
- Dredge (TBA)
- Pokemon: Detective Pikachu 2 (TBA)
- Stray (TBA)
- BioShock (TBA)
- El Paso, Elsewhere (TBA)
- Split Fiction (TBA)
- Space Channel 5 (TBA)
- Comix Zone (TBA)
- Watch Dogs (TBA)
Video Game TV Shows in 2025 and Beyond
- Fallout: Season 2 (December 17, 2025)
- Devil May Cry Anime Season 2 (2026)
- The Last of Us: Season 3 (2027)
- Ghost of Tsushima Anime (2027)
- The Witcher: Season 5 (TBA)
- God of War (TBA)
- Mass Effect (TBA)
- Live-Action Tomb Raider (TBA)
- Beyond: Two Souls (TBA)
- Gears of War (TBA)
- Assassin’s Creed (TBA)
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (TBA)
- Overcooked Reality TV Show (TBA)
The following titles have been reported to be in development in the past but their status is currently unknown and they may no longer be actually happening:
Announced Video Game Movies (Status Unknown)
- Mega Man
- Just Cause
- Duke Nukem
- Gravity Rush
- Dead by Daylight
- It Takes Two
- Sifu
- Slime Rancher
- Ark: Survival Evolved
- Pac-Man
- Streets of Rage
- Sniper Elite
- Toe-Jam and Earl
- Jak and Daxter
- Half-Life
- Saints Row
- Portal
- Yakuza
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Firewatch
- Metal Gear Solid
- The Division
- Just Dance
- Dragon’s Lair
Announced Video Game TV Shows (Status Unknown)
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- A Plague Tale
- Nier: Automata: Season 2
- Disco Elysium
- Hunt: Showdown
- Alan Wake
- System Shock
- Grounded
- Life Is Strange
- My Friend Pedro
- Skull & Bones
The following are the most definite projects that are currently in the works.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
Release Date: December 5, 2025
Universal Pictures has confirmed that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will make its way to theaters on December 5, 2025. This sequel will take place one year after the first film, which was Blumhouse Productions’ most successful movie ever, and the events of what happened have turned into a campy local legend and has inspired the first ever Fazfest. Former security guard Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and police officer Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) have tried to protect Abby (Piper Rubio) from going back to her animatronic “friends,” and this sets off a horrifying adventure that will reveal secrets and horrors regarding the true origin of Freddy’s.
Fallout: Season 2
Release Date: December 17, 2025, on Prime Video
The first season of Prime Video’s Fallout series was a huge success. In our Fallout TV show review, we said, “A bright and funny apocalypse filled with dark punchlines and bursts of ultra-violence, Fallout is among the best video game adaptations ever made.”
Fallout will be back for another season in December and it will bring us back to New Vegas, with familiar faces like Ella Purnell’s Lucy, Walton Goggins’ Ghoul, and the goodest girl Dogmeat alongside new faces like Justin Theroux’s Mr. House and a ‘crazy genius-type character’ played by Macaulay Culkin.
Devil May Cry Anime Series Season 2
Release Date: 2026
Netflix’s Castlevania showrunner Adi Shanker released a new anime series based on Devil May Cry in April, 2025. Season 2 was announced shortly thereafter, and now we know it will drop in 2026.
Return to Silent Hill
Release Date: January 26, 2026
Return to Silent Hill is the upcoming film based on Silent Hill 2 and is “a mythological love story about someone so deeply in love, they’re willing to go to hell to save someone.” The film will see Jeremy Irvine and Hanna Emily Anderson taking on the lead roles and a recent Silent Hill Transmission gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the movie. A first look at the terrifying Pyramid Head was also revealed earlier this year.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Release Date: April 3, 2026
September 2025’s Nintendo Direct revealed the next Super Mario Bros. movie will be The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and we are very excited. A sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie must have been the easiest decision for Nintendo as was seen by over 168.1 million people worldwide and made over $1.349 billion at the global box office.
Mortal Kombat 2
Release Date: May 15, 2026
Mortal Kombat 2 will be released in theaters on May 15, 2026, and the synopsis teases that our “fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.”
Karl Urban plays Johnny Cage and Adeline Rudolph will be taking on the role of Kitana, and they’ll be joined by Tati Gabrielle’s Jade, Damon Herriman’s Quan Chi, Martyn Ford’s Shao Kahn, Desmond Chiam’s Jerrod, Ana Thu Nguyen’s Sindel, CJ Bloomfield’s Baraka, Lewis Tan’s Cole Young, Hiroyuki Sanada’s Scorpion, Jessica McNamee’s Sonya Blade, Mehcad Brooks’ Jax, Ludi Lin’s Liu Kang, Josh Lawson’s Kano, Tadanobu Asano’s Raiden, Chin Han’s Shang Tsung, Joe Tsalim’s Bi-Han, and more.
Resident Evil
Release Date: September 18, 2026
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie will be bringing us back to Raccoon City in 2026 and recent images posted online have confirmed filming is underway in Prague. This likely means the film will be set prior to October 1998 and the events depicted in Resident Evil 3 for reasons we won’t spoil here.
Street Fighter
Release Date: October 16, 2026
Street Fighter will be making its way to the big screen next year from Bad Trip’s Kitao Sakurai. As for who will star in the film, a recent trailer revealed the following;
“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury,” the official plot synopsis reads.
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Release Date: January 29, 2027
Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, and Danny McBride return as Red, Chuck, Silver, and Bomb for a third Angry Birds movies. John Rice (The Angry Birds Movie 1, Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe) directs from a screenplay by Thurop Van Orman (The Angry Birds Movie 2!).
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Release Date: March 19, 2027
The Sonic movies are going strong (Sonic 3 is at the top of our best video game movies of all time list!), so it’s no surprise that a fourth film is in the works. There aren’t many details available about the project yet, but based on the Sonic 3 post-credits scene, expect Amy Rose and Metal Sonic to show up.
The Legend of Zelda
Release Date: May 7, 2027
The Legend of Zelda is officially getting the live-action film treatment and it’s being produced by Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, chairman of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.
The film will be directed by Wes Ball and will star Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link. and it’s all being co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will be financing more than 50% of the movie and the theatrical distribution will be done by Sony.
“The Legend of Zelda follows Link, a young warrior destined to protect the magical kingdom of Hyrule from the forces of darkness,” the official description reads. “The land is under threat from Ganon, a ruthless warlord who seeks the Triforce — an ancient relic said to grant limitless power. To stop him, Link must embark on a perilous journey, battling monstrous creatures, exploring treacherous dungeons, and solving intricate puzzles to uncover sacred artifacts that can aid him in his quest.”
If, like us, you can’t wait for The Legend of Zelda movie, be sure to check out that one time we predicted the film would eventually arrive via an April Fools’ Day joke.
A Minecraft Movie 2
Release Date: July 23, 2027
Warner Bros. has officially confirmed A Minecraft Movie 2 will be released on July 23, 2027, and it makes sense as the original made over $957 million at the global box office. Will Jennifer Coolidge be back with her nitwit villager love interest? We can only hope!
