Will you be hooked?
Among your obvious blockbuster video games ripe for similarly blockbuster film and TV adaptations likeFallout,BorderlandsandThe Last of Us, it seems there’s room for some of the smaller gems to be fished out and brought to the big screen, too.
Even so, it might surprise you - as it did me - to learn that the latest hot property to be scooped for a movie adaptation isDredge. The indie cosmic-horror fishing game emerged from the depths just over a year ago,sinking its hooks in deepthanks to a mixture of its uneasy eldritch atmosphere and compelling management of your small boat as you travel the waves in search of your next - potentially cursed - catch.
Still, Dredge has plenty of potential for an interesting movie in its undercurrent of sinister, supernatural happenings beneath the placid surface of its fishing. That sentiment was apparently shared by production company Story Kitchen, who have partnered with Kiwi developers Black Salt Games to turn Dredge into a live-action feature film.
Story Kitchen might be a familiar name, as they’re the folks who previously broughtSonic the Hedgehogto cinema screens and have since scooped up a host of video games to make into movies and TV, fromVampire SurvivorsandIt Takes TwotoDisco Elysiumand the similarly LovecraftianCall of the Sea.
It’s all fairly lofty and ambitious, as these kinds of Hollywood announcements tend to be, but Dredge has more promise than most. It’s already netted over a million sales, with one piece of excellent DLC already out - last year’s The Pale Reach,which Hirun fortuitously said was as good as prestige TV- and another,this year’s chunky The Iron Rig, on the way.
No word on when we might see or hear more of the Dredge movie yet, but perhaps it’ll delve into the lore behind the stray dog you rescue,who happens to be an invincible superbeing.
