The Gravity Rush film simply received a shock glimpse throughout Sony’s CES 2024 presentation. No launch or plot particulars have been revealed however the footage, a showcase for Torchlight — the corporate’s latest visualisation tech — confirmed one of many characters leaping off a constructing, straight into some rubble dominated by a purple, winged demon able to struggle again. The video largely cuts between CGI and movement seize clips, proving that earlier stories about it being a live-action adaptation have been incorrect. Anna Mastro (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) was connected to direct the movie then, from a script by Emily Jerome (Panopticon), marking her second writing gig.
The now-defunct Japan Studio was the lead developer on Gravity Rush, charting the story of an amnesiac Kat, who wakes up within the floating metropolis of Hekseville, bearing gravity manipulation powers that allow her dash throughout vertical partitions and underside ceilings, along with floating mid-air to tackle airborne enemies. It launched on the PlayStation Vita in 2012, leveraging its tilt controls that will help you steer or moderately, fall in particular instructions to discover the bigger open world, full quests given by the locals, and struggle the storm-borne Nevi, an alien race of monsters. The sport was ultimately remastered for the PS4 and adopted up with a sequel in 2017. Each video games have been critically acclaimed and have become a cult hit, however didn’t carry out commercially.
The Gravity Rush film is just including to Sony’s PlayStation Productions label, which began with the Tom Holland-led Uncharted film and served up further hits within the type of the Emmy-nominated The Final of Us collection, the Gran Turismo movie starring David Harbour, and Peacock’s Twisted Metallic. The group can also be engaged on a Netflix collection based mostly on the dystopian post-apocalyptic recreation Horizon Zero Daybreak and a God of Conflict adaptation for Amazon Prime Video — writing is underway on each reveals, Sony confirmed at its CES presentation. The previous is being helmed by Steve Blackman, finest identified for creating The Umbrella Academy, and can give attention to younger huntress Aloy’s journey, as she grows from the outcast of her tribe and fights hostile machines.
God of Conflict, then again, is being dropped at us by The Wheel of Time Creator Rafe Judkins, and presumably follows the identical plot beats because the 2018 recreation the place an exiled Kratos and his son Atreus journey to the best peak within the 9 realms to scatter his deceased spouse’s ashes. No casting particulars or launch window was revealed for both collection.
Sony additionally appears to be engaged on a brand new Patapon venture; probably a remaster of the unique rhythm technique recreation or an anime, including that the brand new studio area Torchlight might be a spot for such experiments.
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