Ubisoft and Sony have announced their plans to make a live-action and animation hybrid based on the Raymen baddies, Rabbids.
Ubisoft Motion Pictures has been on a roll with announcing new properties headed for the big screen, and they have another now as Sony Entertainment and Ubisoft jointly announced a feature film called Rabbids. If you do not recall these furry little critters, they are the bad guys in Ubisoft’s addictive Rayman video game franchise.
Rabbids have proven to be more successful than the Rayman character himself, having already enjoyed a TV series, toys, comic books, and a French theme park made in their honor. They also mark the latest Ubisoft big screen attempted adaptation, following in the footsteps of a Splinter Cell movie that currently has Tom Hardy attached and an Assassin’s Creed film with Michael Fassbender’s name on it.
Jean-Julien Baronnet, executive director of Ubisoft Motion Pictures, said in a press statement: “Sony Pictures has tremendous experience developing hybrid live-action-and-animated blockbusters for audiences around the world, which makes them a natural fit for what we want to achieve with a Rabbids film. This deal deepens our partnership with Sony Pictures and highlights our holistic approach to bringing Ubisoft’s brands to new audiences while still maintaining the brands’ creative integrity.”
SOURCE: Deadline
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