{"id":2187429,"date":"2026-10-09T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2187429"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:40:54","slug":"live-action-cyberpunk-2077-film-reportedly-in-development-with-cd-projekt-red-collaborating-with-paramount-to-make-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2187429","title":{"rendered":"Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film reportedly in development, with CD Projekt Red collaborating with Paramount to make it"},"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<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film reportedly in development, with CD Projekt Red collaborating with Paramount to make it<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">UPDATE: CDPR confirms partnership.<\/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\/cyberpunk-2077-v.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A red-haired woman in a futuristic cyberpunk world stands in the middle of a crowd staring at the camera. 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She&apos;s V from Cyberpunk 2077.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"cyberpunk-2077-v.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>CD Projekt Red<\/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=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\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\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-10-09T10:40:54+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Oct. 9, 2026, 10:40 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-live-action-film-paramount-cd-projekt-red?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          14 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\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=\"893c2993-8021-4c8a-83ee-db7fd3d77911\" data-name=\"Cyberpunk 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2\" title=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Cyberpunk 2<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><strong>UPDATE 12PM BST: <\/strong>CD Projekt Red seems to have confirmed the partnership and film, with joint-CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michalnowakow\/status\/2108272950562730365\">Micha\u0142 Nowakowski commenting on X<\/a> that: &#8220;We&#8217;re excited about Paramount as a future partner who shares our creative ambitions for the Cyberpunk franchise. We look forward to sharing more details at the appropriate time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL STORY 11:40AM BST:<\/strong> A live-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a> film is reportedly in the works at Paramount Pictures. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura &#8211; a former Warner Bros. exec influential in signing the The Matrix and Harry Potter films, and known for producing the Transformers films &#8211; is said to be attached to the project, with CD Projekt Red collaborating.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/paramount-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-cyberpunk-2077-1237150129\/\">Deadline<\/a>, though the publication had no further information to share than what&#8217;s above. CD Projekt Red told us it doens&#8217;t have anything to share beyond what Nowakowski said on X.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk 2077 - Official PS5 Pro Update Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Hw1xeWAfXU?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2Hw1xeWAfXU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk 2077 &#8211; Official PS5 Pro Update Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Hw1xeWAfXU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Believing that CD Projekt Red would venture into live-action film territory doesn&#8217;t take a stretch of the imagination. The company&#8217;s Netflix anime partnership on Cyberpunk Edgerunners has been a success, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-release-date-october-teaser-trailer\">a second series due to air this month, on 20th October<\/a>. The first season, released in 2022, was &#8220;fantastic&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-shows-cd-projekts-cyberpunk-is-still-worth-fighting-for\">Wes wrote in his Cyberpunk Edgerunners impressions article<\/a>, and amassed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamebowski\/status\/1572298513501007875?t=i3z7NZV2es6hqQL3IzTfdA&amp;s=19\">considerable Netflix viewing figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Live-action adaptations of video game-based series are also becoming increasingly popular, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/the-last-of-us\">The Last of Us<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/fallout\">Fallout<\/a> particularly finding wide success. CD Projekt Red being involved with the Cyberpunk 2077 adaptation would also somewhat heal a wound left by not being involved with The Witcher Netflix adaptation. CD Projekt art director Pawel Mileniczuk called this a &#8220;missed opportunity&#8221; when I talked to him for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-worked-in-the-witcher-3-and-what-didnt-looking-back-on-a-landmark-rpg-with-cd-projekt-red\">a Witcher 3 10-year anniversary article<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Premiere Date Teaser Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBTK8PGe_Oo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IBTK8PGe_Oo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Premiere Date Teaser Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 airs this month on Netflix.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IBTK8PGe_Oo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-sequel-will-feature-second-city-thats-like-chicago-gone-wrong-says-series-creator\">CD Projekt Red is working on Cyberpunk 2<\/a>, a project that&#8217;s in pre-production, but with an expanding team &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdprojekt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads-en\/2026\/09\/cd-projekt-red-group-presentation-h1-2026.pdf\">close to 200 people as of 31st July 2026<\/a> &#8211; full production doesn&#8217;t seem far away. The sequel apparently adds a second city alongside the iconic Night City setting, and it&#8217;s described as being like &#8220;Chicago gone wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Should the live-action film prove real, and be made, the questions are what story will it tell &#8211; the same as in Cyberpunk 2077? &#8211; and which actors will play the game&#8217;s well-known roles? The most famous of those roles is Keanu Reeves&#8217; portrayal of Johnny Silverhand, a character who used Reeves&#8217; likeness in the game. Could Reeves star in a film adaptation?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-review-intoxicating-potential-half-undermined-half-met\">Cyberpunk 2077 was released in 2021<\/a>, and its rocky launch has since become infamous. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/saving-cyberpunk-2077-how-cd-projekt-red-recovered-from-one-of-video-games-most-disastrous-launches\">CD Projekt Red did extensive work improving the game<\/a> after release, focusing its efforts around a kind of 2.0 relaunch alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-liberty-is-a-remarkable-expansion-and-a-bittersweet-end-for-cyberpunk-2077\">the game&#8217;s &#8220;remarkable&#8221; Phantom Liberty expansion<\/a>, in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount, meanwhile, recently acquired Warner Bros., and has since reorganised into mega-company Skydance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bobby-kotick-skydance-board-of-directors-1\">Activision&#8217;s former leader Bobby Kotick has been employed on the board of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/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><strong>UPDATE 12PM BST: <\/strong>CD Projekt Red seems to have confirmed the partnership and film, with joint-CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michalnowakow\/status\/2108272950562730365\">Micha\u0142 Nowakowski commenting on X<\/a> that: &#8220;We&#8217;re excited about Paramount as a future partner who shares our creative ambitions for the Cyberpunk franchise. We look forward to sharing more details at the appropriate time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL STORY 11:40AM BST:<\/strong> A live-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a> film is reportedly in the works at Paramount Pictures. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura &#8211; a former Warner Bros. exec influential in signing the The Matrix and Harry Potter films, and known for producing the Transformers films &#8211; is said to be attached to the project, with CD Projekt Red collaborating.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/paramount-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-cyberpunk-2077-1237150129\/\">Deadline<\/a>, though the publication had no further information to share than what&#8217;s above. CD Projekt Red told us it doens&#8217;t have anything to share beyond what Nowakowski said on X.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk 2077 - Official PS5 Pro Update Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Hw1xeWAfXU?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2Hw1xeWAfXU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk 2077 &#8211; Official PS5 Pro Update Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Hw1xeWAfXU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Believing that CD Projekt Red would venture into live-action film territory doesn&#8217;t take a stretch of the imagination. The company&#8217;s Netflix anime partnership on Cyberpunk Edgerunners has been a success, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-release-date-october-teaser-trailer\">a second series due to air this month, on 20th October<\/a>. The first season, released in 2022, was &#8220;fantastic&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-shows-cd-projekts-cyberpunk-is-still-worth-fighting-for\">Wes wrote in his Cyberpunk Edgerunners impressions article<\/a>, and amassed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamebowski\/status\/1572298513501007875?t=i3z7NZV2es6hqQL3IzTfdA&amp;s=19\">considerable Netflix viewing figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Live-action adaptations of video game-based series are also becoming increasingly popular, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/the-last-of-us\">The Last of Us<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tv-shows\/fallout\">Fallout<\/a> particularly finding wide success. CD Projekt Red being involved with the Cyberpunk 2077 adaptation would also somewhat heal a wound left by not being involved with The Witcher Netflix adaptation. CD Projekt art director Pawel Mileniczuk called this a &#8220;missed opportunity&#8221; when I talked to him for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-worked-in-the-witcher-3-and-what-didnt-looking-back-on-a-landmark-rpg-with-cd-projekt-red\">a Witcher 3 10-year anniversary article<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Premiere Date Teaser Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBTK8PGe_Oo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IBTK8PGe_Oo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Premiere Date Teaser Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 airs this month on Netflix.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IBTK8PGe_Oo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-sequel-will-feature-second-city-thats-like-chicago-gone-wrong-says-series-creator\">CD Projekt Red is working on Cyberpunk 2<\/a>, a project that&#8217;s in pre-production, but with an expanding team &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdprojekt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads-en\/2026\/09\/cd-projekt-red-group-presentation-h1-2026.pdf\">close to 200 people as of 31st July 2026<\/a> &#8211; full production doesn&#8217;t seem far away. The sequel apparently adds a second city alongside the iconic Night City setting, and it&#8217;s described as being like &#8220;Chicago gone wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Should the live-action film prove real, and be made, the questions are what story will it tell &#8211; the same as in Cyberpunk 2077? &#8211; and which actors will play the game&#8217;s well-known roles? The most famous of those roles is Keanu Reeves&#8217; portrayal of Johnny Silverhand, a character who used Reeves&#8217; likeness in the game. Could Reeves star in a film adaptation?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-review-intoxicating-potential-half-undermined-half-met\">Cyberpunk 2077 was released in 2021<\/a>, and its rocky launch has since become infamous. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/saving-cyberpunk-2077-how-cd-projekt-red-recovered-from-one-of-video-games-most-disastrous-launches\">CD Projekt Red did extensive work improving the game<\/a> after release, focusing its efforts around a kind of 2.0 relaunch alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-liberty-is-a-remarkable-expansion-and-a-bittersweet-end-for-cyberpunk-2077\">the game&#8217;s &#8220;remarkable&#8221; Phantom Liberty expansion<\/a>, in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount, meanwhile, recently acquired Warner Bros., and has since reorganised into mega-company Skydance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bobby-kotick-skydance-board-of-directors-1\">Activision&#8217;s former leader Bobby Kotick has been employed on the board of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film reportedly in development, with CD Projekt Red collaborating with Paramount to make it UPDATE: CDPR confirms partnership. 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