{"id":2180324,"date":"2026-10-05T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2180324"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:00:32","slug":"arc-raiders-and-the-finals-are-getting-film-and-tv-adaptations-in-collaboration-with-the-backrooms-production-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2180324","title":{"rendered":"Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations in collaboration with the Backrooms production company"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/arc-raiders\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      ARC Raiders<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations in collaboration with the Backrooms production company<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">I like it in here.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/arc-raiders-spider.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Arc Raiders Queen press image.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"arc-raiders-spider.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kaan Serin avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1633424287.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"216\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Kaan Serin avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1633424287.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"216\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/kaan-serin\">Kaan Serin<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-10-05T17:00:32+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Oct. 5, 2026, 5 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"6bd46880-2f1c-43d7-b873-ed10ed59c226\" data-name=\"ARC Raiders\" data-follow-text=\"Follow ARC Raiders\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following ARC Raiders\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow ARC Raiders\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following ARC Raiders\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow ARC Raiders\" title=\"Follow ARC Raiders\"><br \/>\n  Follow ARC Raiders<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Film and TV show adaptations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/arc-raiders\">Arc Raiders<\/a> and The Finals are in the works &#8211; and developer Embark Studios is collaborating with Chernin Entertainment to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/arc-raiders-the-finals-tv-series-movies-chernin-1236899094\/\">Variety <\/a>reports that a number of production companies were competing for the rights to adapt both hit shooters, but Chernin Entertainment won out a few months after no-clipping into creepypasta land and stumbling upon huge box office success with this year&#8217;s Backrooms horror film.<\/p>\n<p>The Nexon-owned Embark is supposedly working closely with Chernin &#8220;to ensure the creativity that defines both of these properties extends into all-new formats,&#8221; according to studio CEO Patrick S\u00f6derlund, who also told Variety the agreement is the next step in turning both series into &#8220;deeply integrated transmedia experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arc Raiders and The Finals are exactly the kind of opportunities we&#8217;ve been building towards,&#8221; Chernin&#8217;s film president, David Ready, added. &#8220;Nexon and Embark have created visually stunning, atmospheric worlds that contain countless stories to tell.&#8221; There&#8217;s no word yet on who&#8217;s directing, writing or starring in any of these projects, however.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arc Raiders and The Finals join an impossibly large crowd of video games waiting to get the big\/small screen treatment. Only a few weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/arc-raiders-the-finals-tv-series-movies-chernin-1236899094\/\">Sega and Netflix penned a deal<\/a> to make projects based on Sonic The Hedgehog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/crazy-taxi\">Crazy Taxi<\/a> and the still-unreleased Stranger Than Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the game-to-film and game-to-show projects in the pipeline &#8211; <em>there&#8217;s a lot &#8211; <\/em>I&#8217;m quite excited at the prospect of an Arc Raiders adaptation. The extraction shooter&#8217;s massive and imposing robotic stalkers could make for some fun movie monster thrills if done right.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Arc Raiders has sold over 16m copies since its release a year ago. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/arc-raiders-free-trial-frozen-trail\">free trial<\/a> (8th to 12th October) is aiming to get even more people in the door, alongside the game&#8217;s biggest update yet, Frozen Trails. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/arc-raiders-pve-matchmaking-test\">PvE test<\/a> is also scheduled for 13th of October to accommodate the shooter&#8217;s surprisingly friendly scavengers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Film and TV show adaptations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/arc-raiders\">Arc Raiders<\/a> and The Finals are in the works &#8211; and developer Embark Studios is collaborating with Chernin Entertainment to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/arc-raiders-the-finals-tv-series-movies-chernin-1236899094\/\">Variety <\/a>reports that a number of production companies were competing for the rights to adapt both hit shooters, but Chernin Entertainment won out a few months after no-clipping into creepypasta land and stumbling upon huge box office success with this year&#8217;s Backrooms horror film.<\/p>\n<p>The Nexon-owned Embark is supposedly working closely with Chernin &#8220;to ensure the creativity that defines both of these properties extends into all-new formats,&#8221; according to studio CEO Patrick S\u00f6derlund, who also told Variety the agreement is the next step in turning both series into &#8220;deeply integrated transmedia experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arc Raiders and The Finals are exactly the kind of opportunities we&#8217;ve been building towards,&#8221; Chernin&#8217;s film president, David Ready, added. &#8220;Nexon and Embark have created visually stunning, atmospheric worlds that contain countless stories to tell.&#8221; There&#8217;s no word yet on who&#8217;s directing, writing or starring in any of these projects, however.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arc Raiders and The Finals join an impossibly large crowd of video games waiting to get the big\/small screen treatment. Only a few weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/arc-raiders-the-finals-tv-series-movies-chernin-1236899094\/\">Sega and Netflix penned a deal<\/a> to make projects based on Sonic The Hedgehog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/crazy-taxi\">Crazy Taxi<\/a> and the still-unreleased Stranger Than Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the game-to-film and game-to-show projects in the pipeline &#8211; <em>there&#8217;s a lot &#8211; <\/em>I&#8217;m quite excited at the prospect of an Arc Raiders adaptation. The extraction shooter&#8217;s massive and imposing robotic stalkers could make for some fun movie monster thrills if done right.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Arc Raiders has sold over 16m copies since its release a year ago. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/arc-raiders-free-trial-frozen-trail\">free trial<\/a> (8th to 12th October) is aiming to get even more people in the door, alongside the game&#8217;s biggest update yet, Frozen Trails. 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