Former Netflix exec Erik Barmack and Prague-based Warhorse Studios are developing a live-action makeover of “Kingdom Come: Deliverance,” a video game set in the Medieval Holy Roman Empire, which has sold over 3 million copies, making it one of the biggest games in its genre.
Set up at Warhorse and Wild Sheep Content, the L.A.-based company that Barmack launched last year after departing Netflix, the adaptation, which may become a movie or series, is produced by Barmack and Warhorse Studios CEO Martin Frývaldský. They have started to reach out to potential writers and directors.
The Czech Republic deal comes hot on the heels of a development pact between Barmack and Sega for video game franchise “Yakuza.”
Both deals show Barmack, the former Netflix head of international originals, zeroing in on what he calls “amazing, non-u.S. worlds that are locally relevant, but with a regional and global popularity that...
Set up at Warhorse and Wild Sheep Content, the L.A.-based company that Barmack launched last year after departing Netflix, the adaptation, which may become a movie or series, is produced by Barmack and Warhorse Studios CEO Martin Frývaldský. They have started to reach out to potential writers and directors.
The Czech Republic deal comes hot on the heels of a development pact between Barmack and Sega for video game franchise “Yakuza.”
Both deals show Barmack, the former Netflix head of international originals, zeroing in on what he calls “amazing, non-u.S. worlds that are locally relevant, but with a regional and global popularity that...
- 10/8/2020
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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