The latest in a long string of Games-turned-Films that will almost certainly never see the light of day*,
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is now in the pipeline for
Square Enix and
CBS Films, the latter securing film rights to the cyberpunk franchise.
My pet favourite title of 2011, and easily among the year’s very best,
Human Revolution has sold over 2.5 million copies since its release last August, making it fertile ground for an adaptation.
Or augmentation.
Co-president of
CBS Films,
TerryPress explained,
"As is clear from the wild success of the game,
Square Enix and
Eidos Montreal know how to exceed their audience's expectations by engineering incredible worlds. No one knows
Human Revolution like the team that created it, and we look forward to working with them from day one to make a film adaptation worthy of the '
Deus Ex' name."
Phil Rogers,
Square Enix Europe CEO, added: "As the millions of fans who have played the '
Deus Ex' games for more than a decade will tell you, these games catapult you into a universe that is stimulating, engaging and relevant. We're firm believers in building strong partnerships, and so we're thrilled to be working with
CBS Films on bringing the unique '
Deus Ex' experience to the big screen."
In other films-that’ll-never-get-made-news, yesterday revealed that
Clickonline.
com’s resident hero,
Michael Fassbender, will star in and co-produce a movie adaptation of Ubisoft's enormously successful
Assassin's Creed.
I look forward to watching that one.
Take place in my imagination.
*I’d LOVE to be proven wrong on this count by the way