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Margot Robbie just hit the motherlode.
Contemporary off “Barbie”‘s good results, the actress has turned her consideration to another well-liked franchise as her LuckyChap Enjoyment company—which she co-established with her partner Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr—is connected to produce a film based on “The Sims,” in accordance to Assortment.
Kate Herron—best identified for helming the initial season of Loki—is reportedly set to direct and co-produce the film with Briony Redman, who she beforehand worked with on the Disney+ series, as effectively as “Intercourse Schooling” and “Doctor Who.”
Plot specifics and casting have not been introduced. Nonetheless, “The Sims” publisher Electronic Arts will also be overseeing the venture in a artistic and developing capacity, for each The Hollywood Reporter.
“The Sims” very first debuted in 2000 as section of the bigger Sims movie sport sequence, which involved SimCity. The finest-marketing recreation authorized gamers to build households and manage figures in a simulation of a surburban neighborhood.
Around the many years, 3 sequels and in excess of dozens of expansion packs were included, allowing players be immersed in a variety of settings—including attending college or university, functioning a farm and locating fame in a Hollywood-esque city.
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In 2020, “The Sims” built the soar to Tv set with “The Sims Spark’d,” a truth competitiveness demonstrate that ran for a solitary time on TBS wherever avid gamers comprehensive problems primarily based on making, style and design and tale-telling inside of the recreation.
But “The Sims” is not the only beloved gaming franchise obtaining the silver screen remedy these times. “Borderlands”—a film starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jack Black based on the shooter video clip match of the very same name—is set to be introduced in theaters Aug. 9.
As for toys? A “Polly Pocket” movie published by Lena Dunham and starring Lily Collins is in the operates. Other cherished childhood properties also in progress include a “Barney” motion picture starring “Get Out” actor Daniel Kaluuya and a flick based mostly on “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” with “Fast & Furious'” Vin Diesel connected.
