It has been a phenomenal year for Ironwood Studios, as its releasePacific Driveracked up accolades, including anominationatThe Game Awardsfor Best Debut Indie Game.
Pacific Drivelaunched in February of this year for PlayStation 5 and PC, and the game crossed the600,000 salesmark in July. That sales milestone was good, but Ironwood Studios has another big score tocelebrateafter today’s announcement.
According to Variety magazine,Atomic Monster Productions has acquired the rights to adaptPacific Driveinto a television series. If the company name does not ring a bell, its boss certainly will.
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The production company was founded by James Wan, themodern horrormastermind who made a killing debut with theSawfranchise in 2004, but also hit it out of the park withThe Conjuring.
Given Wan’s affinity forbone-chilling horror, it makes him an interesting pick to work on an eventualPacific Drivetelevision show, as the game has a cool mix ofspooky survivalandchill vibesin your car.
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ThePolygon reportsthat the show has not been picked up by a network yet, but it cites some of the key positions.ThePacific DriveTV show will have James Wan, Michael Clear, Jeff Ludwig, and Rob Hackett as executive producers.
Atomic Monster’s head of film Michael Clear is no stranger to videogame adaptations, having worked as a producer in the 2021Mortal Kombatfilm.
Jeff Ludwig of The Menagerie Productions is currently earning that credit, working as executive production in at least one episode of the upcomingAlan WakeTV adaptation.
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While Atomic Monster head of television Rob Hackett is yet to dive into the world of turning games into television or film, he has big projects under his name such asArchive 81andSwamp Thing.
The names currently attached to thePacific Driveseries give a strong impression, and at a glance,the team at Atomic Monster has the means and talent to pull this one off.
Having the theoretical ability to make a good videogame adaptation and releasing one are very different things though, and there are enough examples of things going completely sideways.
Here is hoping thatPacific Driveends upmore likeFalloutand less thanHalo, for everyone’s sake.
