Paramount developing live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film with Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Centre · 2Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, Deadline reported in an exclusive on 8 October 2026. 1 2 Centre · 1The film is based on CD Projekt Red's best-selling action-adventure role-playing game. 1 Centre · 2Lorenzo di Bonaventura is attached to produce alongside CD Projekt Red, the Poland-based developer and rights holder; Screen Rant notes he is known for the G.I. Joe and Transformers movies. 1 2

Left · 1Variety, which said it had confirmed the news itself, adds that CD Projekt Red also serves as producer. 3 Centre · 1Collider describes the project as in the early stages of development, with no word yet on plot, creatives or cast. 4 Centre · 1Deadline says the game is set in Night City, California, and follows V, a mercenary implanted with a biochip holding the engram of rockstar and terrorist Johnny Silverhand, who must confront the Arasaka Corporation. 1

Centre · 1According to Deadline, Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and its expansion Phantom Liberty has sold 15 million. 1 Left · 2Variety notes the game launched in December 2020 after several delays with widespread performance issues, and The Verge calls it a "rocky 2020 launch" followed by a huge success. 3 5 Left · 1The Verge says the franchise also has a Netflix anime whose second season debuts later this month, and that a sequel called "Cyberpunk 2" is in development; it says no premiere timing has been given. 5

Centre · 1Deadline places the film among several Paramount video game adaptations, including Street Fighter, co-produced with Legendary and due on 16 October, and a Call of Duty film with Peter Berg directing and co-writing with Taylor Sheridan. 1 Left · 1The Verge says Paramount's Call of Duty film is planned for 2028 and places the news shortly after the completion of the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger under the Skydance name. 5 Left · 2Variety sees the project as part of a video game adaptation boom after Five Nights at Freddy's, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Minecraft Movie, saying Paramount seems to be aiming at an older audience; The Hollywood Reporter points to HBO's The Last of Us. 3 6

Left · 1The Hollywood Reporter adds that Keanu Reeves plays Johnny Silverhand in the game and Idris Elba stars in Phantom Liberty. 6 Centre · 1Screen Rant frames the project as Paramount finding its "Fallout replacement" and says Cyberpunk 2077 is "getting the Fallout treatment". 2