Overview
- Xbox confirmed Monday that a live-action Sea of Thieves film is in development and that filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton will produce through his Hisako Films label.
- The project is in early development with no director, writer, cast or release window attached, making a theatrical release likely years away.
- Xbox executives say the Sea of Thieves movie is one of roughly a dozen film and TV adaptations the company is pursuing to grow its entertainment business.
- Matt Booty noted that Sea of Thieves centers on the player and community rather than fixed protagonists, which creates a specific creative challenge for adapting the game to a single, linear film.
- Sea of Thieves launched in 2018 and had more than 40 million players by April 2024, and Xbox points to recent hits like Minecraft and Fallout as reasons it can successfully expand its game IP to screens.