Annapurna Animation is currently focusing on the adaptation of 2022’s hit game Stray. The studio witnessed significant success with the adaptation of ND Stevenson’s graphic novel. According to Entertainment Weekly, Stray is currently under active development. The video game was a hit upon its release in 2022, amongst both critics and gamers. The game provides a challenge for an adaptation because the characters include a stray cat and its drone companion.
About Stray and its Adaptation
Stray takes place in a futuristic walled city abandoned by humans. It is now occupied by machines, lethal Sentinel security drones, and the hostile Zurks, massive mutated bacteria. The stray cat in this video game finds itself trapped in this city. With the guidance of an intelligent drone, B-12, the feline protagonist must find its way out of this city. Collider’s Chase Hutchinson referred to it as “sublime”. And, described it as “a work of vibrant imagination about what the future may look like when all we hold dear has fallen apart.”
“I think it’s one of the reasons why the game was incredibly popular, that you are seeing the world through the point of view of an adorable cat. How did they pull that off, and how are we going to pull that off in the movie? We will, even though sometimes it feels impossible, but we know that’s the essence of the game and the key to telling the story,” said Annapurna co-head Robert Baird.
The studio is also willing to adapt a few other games from Annapurna Interactive’s library – Twelve Minutes, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Outer Wilds.
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