At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, amid plenty of insider film industry news, Sony announced that it’s making an animated film adaptation of Bloodborne, a cult classic horror action game from the makers of Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Sony didn’t announce much about the animated film, keeping plot details under wraps and not sharing anything about its release date. The film will be produced by PlayStation Productions and Seán McLoughlin, better known to the world as the YouTuber JackSepticEye, though Sony didn’t elaborate on the extent of the latter’s involvement. McLoughlin has gotten millions of views for his videos playing Bloodborne and other games made by FromSoftware.
The only other hints about the Bloodborne film lie with its other named producer, Lyrical Animation, the studio formed last November from adult animation firm Line Mileage. That production company had previously announced a Death Stranding feature film after its head partners worked on animated shows for adults like Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft and Castlevania.
Bloodborne, released in 2015 on the PlayStation 4, is a gothic horror game that follows FromSoftware’s formula of high-difficulty action popularized by the Dark Souls series. In Bloodborne, players take on the role of a monster hunter who descends on the cursed city of Yharnum on the night when nightmares roam the streets.
An instant classic when it was released for its tough but rewarding gameplay, iconic bosses and mysterious lore, Bloodborne has built a cult following over the years. That’s been made more complicated as the game’s publisher, Sony Interactive Entertainment, has not released the game on other platforms nor has it been remastered. Fans remain hopeful that it will be updated for modern consoles and PC, especially since its PS4 release was limited to a now-archaic (and inconsistent) 30 frames per second and HD (1080p) resolution.
When I interviewed FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring, I asked which of those that he worked on was his favorite. He answered that the first Dark Souls and Bloodborne “left a very big impression on me.”
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Production also announced that the Helldivers film adaptation, directed by Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious, Star Trek Beyond) and starring Jason Momoa, will be released on Nov. 10, 2027.
