PlayStation Productions, LLC is an American production company owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE).[1] The company adapts SIE's video game franchises into films and television shows with the distribution mainly being handled by Sony's film and television divisions. Its adaptations so far include the films Uncharted (2022), Gran Turismo (2023) and Until Dawn (2025) and television series The Last of Us (2023–present) and Twisted Metal (2023–present).
History
Two PlayStation adaptations were released under the now-defunct former production label PlayStation Originals prior to the creation of PlayStation Productions: Heavenly Sword, which was released in 2014, and Ratchet & Clank, which was released by Gramercy Pictures in 2016 to largely unfavorable reviews from critics.[2][3]
The PlayStation Network began to produce and distribute their own original content around the spring of 2015. The first original scripted program, Powers, aired on March 10, 2015, and ran for two complete seasons. The series was discontinued on August 3, 2016. Until 2020, no more attempts would be made to adapt PlayStation intellectual properties.[4][5]
Sony Interactive Entertainment launched PlayStation Productions in 2019 with a focus on adapting the company's video game franchises into films and television shows. An emphasis was placed on coordination between the film and television departments at Sony Pictures with the video game development studios at SIE Worldwide Studios.[6] In December 2020, Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, revealed that Sony was working on three movies and seven TV shows based on PlayStation video game content.[7]
Film
Uncharted, based on the action-adventure video game series by Naughty Dog, was the first film produced by PlayStation Productions. It was theatrically released on February 18, 2022. A sequel is in development.[8] Gran Turismo, based on the racing simulation video game series by Polyphony Digital, received a limited theatrical release on August 11, 2023, before expanding on August 25, 2023.[9][10] Until Dawn, a feature film adaptation of the horror game by Supermassive Games, was released on April 25, 2025.[11]
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Reception
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See also
Related films
- Heavenly Sword
- Ratchet & Clank
External links
References
- Michael McWhertor. PlayStation sets up new film and TV division Polygon, May 20, 2019, retrieved September 11, 2019^
- Brad Foxhoven. Heavenly Sword Animated Feature Film Coming in 2014 PlayStation Blog, Oct 30, 2013, retrieved 2013-10-30^
- 'Ratchet & Clank' falls short of originality points