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Netflix Preemptively Buys 'Kingmakers' Video Game Movie Pitch

Early development begins with Christopher MacBride set to adapt under oversight from 21 Laps with Story Kitchen involvement.

Overview

  • Netflix secured the feature pitch by leveraging its creative partnership with 21 Laps, which developed the project with Story Kitchen, to take it off the market early.
  • Canadian writer-director Christopher MacBride is attached to adapt the script for the film based on the upcoming game from Redemption Road Games and tinyBuild.
  • Shawn Levy and Dan Levine will produce for 21 Laps alongside Story Kitchen producers Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy L. Stevenson.
  • 21 Laps executive Emily Feher and Story Kitchen’s Elena Sandoval will oversee the project, with tinyBuild’s Alex Nichiporchik and Jon Carnage serving as executive producers.
  • The source game features a time-travel premise set in medieval Great Britain where players wield modern weapons, though the film’s cast, budget, and release timeline remain undisclosed.