After bringing Barbie to the big screen to great success, Margot Robbie sets her sights as a producer on one of the most popular video games of all time — The Sims.
The Sims – which was first released in 2000 and is one of the best-selling computer games in history – will be adapted for the big screen under Robbie's production banner, LuckyChap. The Hollywood Reporter.
The production company – which Robbie runs with her husband, Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr – will collaborate with Vertigo Entertainment and Electronic Arts, which published the original game.
Director Kate Herron – best known for directing the first season of the Marvel series Loki — will take charge of the project, with a screenplay co-written by Herron and Briony Redman, who has collaborated with Herron on a number of previous projects.
The Sims – developed by Will Wright, following the success of his city building simulation game SimCity — is often described as a digital dollhouse, where players can build custom houses and control the lives and daily activities of the people who live in those houses.
Many have noticed that The Sims bears a remarkable similarity to Barbie, in that there is no inherent storyline or story in the source material – but with the right creative team, Barbie was converted into one Billion dollar Oscar winning blockbuster.
The Sims itself has been a blockbuster in its own right, spawning three sequels, as well as numerous expansions and DLC offerings. The Sims franchise has sold over 200 million copies.
Development of an adaptation first began in 2007 but never got off the ground, and in 2019 it was reported that plans to make the adaptation were canceled by Disney after they acquired 21st Century Fox.
There's no word yet on when fans can expect this The Sims movie hit screens.
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