LOKI Director Kate Herron And BARBIE Star Margot Robbie Bringing THE SIMS To The Big Screen

LOKI Director Kate Herron And BARBIE Star Margot Robbie Bringing THE SIMS To The Big Screen

A live-action adaptation of the wildly popular life simulator, The Sims, is in development from Loki director Kate Herron and Barbie star/producer Margot Robbie...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 21, 2024 12:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Loki
Source: Via GameFragger.com

After the Barbie movie's unprecedented box office success, it was only a matter of time before star/producer Margot Robbie and her LukcyChap partners, Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr, announced (via Jeff Sneider's newsletter) their next project, and the team is now set to produce a big-screen adaptation of mega-popular life-simulator video game, The Sims.

Kate Herron, best known for helming the acclaimed first season of Marvel Studios' Loki, is on board to direct and also co-wrote the script with Briony Redman.

The LuckyChap team will produce the feature along with Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment. Electronic Arts, which published the game, will also be involved in a creative and producing capacity.

Created by Will Wright, who originally conceived the game as a satire of American consumer culture, The Sims allows players to create characters and send them out to achieve ambitions (or, if they prefer, simply go through a series of mundane motions). It's become one of the most-played games of all time, with multiple sequels, spin-offs and expansion packs released since it first hit shelves back in 2000.

We don't have many more details to share at this time, but The Sims does share some similarities with Barbie (in that players control the narrative), and could well be adapted for the screen with the same offbeat/satirical approach. There's no word on whether Robbie will also star, but after Barbie, it wouldn't be at all surprising.

Check out a trailer for The Sims 4 for a better idea of what the games entail.

"The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and is one of the best-selling video game series of all time. It is also part of the larger Sim series, started by SimCity in 1989. The games in the Sims series are largely sandbox games, in that they lack any defined goals (except for some later expansion packs and console versions which introduced this gameplay style). The player creates virtual people called "Sims", places them in houses, and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires. Players can either place their Sims in pre-constructed homes or build them themselves. Each successive expansion pack and game in the series augmented what the player could do with their Sims."

What do you make of this news? Any Sims players out there? Drop us a comment down below.

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Spoken
Spoken - 3/21/2024, 12:03 PM
....there is no launch trailer for The Sims 5, this is a fake trailer.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/21/2024, 12:09 PM
@Spoken - You mean the internet lied to me??
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 3/21/2024, 12:54 PM
@MarkCassidy - insert Zod’s heresy gif here.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 3/21/2024, 11:25 PM
@Spoken

You mean the one that's called "the Sims 4 for rent expansion pack"?
Spoken
Spoken - 3/22/2024, 8:46 AM
@r1g0r - No, he took it out but there was a fake trailer for Sims 5. When I commented, he changed it.
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 3/21/2024, 12:05 PM
What an actual f# hollywood
Origame
Origame - 3/21/2024, 2:44 PM
@Gabimaru - not THE actual f@#$. Just an actual f@#$.
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 3/21/2024, 12:10 PM
I guess it’s not any worse of a concept than BATTLESHIP 🤦‍♂️
Still waiting for a Monopoly film.
RolandD
RolandD - 3/21/2024, 1:27 PM
@HulkisHoly - You may be joking but it would not surprise me at all. Well, at least it’s not a sequel. 😂
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 3/21/2024, 3:32 PM
@RolandD -

Haha true.

The game of LIFE could be a good comedy 🙃

Exploding Kittens could be a good horror movie.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 3/21/2024, 6:03 PM
@HulkisHoly - Jenga is next. But it’s a gritty cop movie. Premise - a mad man is hold a building hostage filled with people. He threatens to blow up small sections of the building every hour if his demands aren’t met. His name is Jenga.
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 3/22/2024, 12:08 AM
@Arthorious -

I love it! - Scorsese
mountainman
mountainman - 3/21/2024, 12:20 PM
A Sims movie could actually provide some interesting societal commentary.
Forthas
Forthas - 3/21/2024, 12:32 PM
...and Christopher Nolan is reportedly going to do a film version of "the Prisoner". So we can look forward to the upcoming "Sims-oner" phenomenon!
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/21/2024, 12:37 PM
I would have no faith in this otherwise if it wasn't for Herron's and Margot's involvement. Think this could be fun.

Also, if this one succeeds too, I'll dare claim the golden age of video game adaptations is upon us.
Starlight
Starlight - 3/21/2024, 12:42 PM
CRAP
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 3/21/2024, 12:45 PM
I don't care about this at all, just wondering why the comments are disabled on the new FF thread.

https://comicbookmovie.com/fantastic-four/the-fantastic-four-5-more-supporting-characters-we-need-to-see-in-the-marvel-studios-reboot-a209990#gs.665pfe
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 3/21/2024, 12:47 PM
SUCH a dumb idea. thank goodness Hollywood is sooooo creative these days....
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 3/21/2024, 12:53 PM
Paramore better be in the soundtrack.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 3/21/2024, 12:56 PM
I don’t think the MPAA is going to allow this movie to be even remotely based on the way I used to play the sims.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/21/2024, 1:06 PM
Oh great can't wait to see a bunch of annoying Gen Zs.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 3/21/2024, 1:55 PM
Could be funny if the movie bounces around between different people "playing" the Sims in different ways. I.e. someone playing seriously, trying to emulate society, someone just creating chaos, someone role playing, etc. And how the Sims react to the different inputs, while trying to go about their day.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 3/21/2024, 2:11 PM
OooOooO, we got a new Emile Hirsch interview about Speed Racers lasting legacy and Wolverine fan casting!
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 3/21/2024, 2:54 PM
...What?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/21/2024, 2:58 PM
This sounds as stupid as The Lego Movie. Which means it could be really good. And with Kate Heron directing, it probably will be.

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