Live-action ‘A Plague Tale’ adaptation is still in the works

There’s been a bit of trend with live action adaptations of video games, with many of them being announced and seemingly subsequently forgotten. One such adaptation is A Plague Tale. Announced back in 2022, we’ve heard nothing from the project since. That said, the series head has now teased the show for the first time in years.

For the uninitiated, A Plague Tale: Innocence was a stealth-horror story-focused game from Asobo Studios. Released back in 2019, the game garnered strong praise – leading to the release of a sequel (A Plague Tale: Requiem) in 2022.

Around the same time, it was officially announced that a live-action adaptation was greenlit, with the show’s director – Mathieu Turi – at the time writing: “It’s official! I’m honored to work on the adaptation as a TV series of [A Plague Tale]. Thank you to [Asobo Studio] and [Focus Entertainment] for their trust. I can’t wait to bring Amicia and Hugo’s journey to the screen!”

As mentioned however, since then there has been little to no news on the project, leading many to believe it had been quietly cancelled. As with the Netflix Assassin’s Creed show however, it appears as though the team just needed more time to cook.

Though barely an update, Turi recently took to Twitter to post three rat emojis – clearly hinting that ‘A Plague Tale’ is still alive and kicking.

It is worth noting that Mathieu Turi is currently working on the Watch Dogs film adaptation, which is likely the reason for there being no news regarding his other project.

All that said, it is encouraging to know that the Plague Tale show is still in the works. The games it is based on are both steeped in story, lore and atmosphere – all things which could easily be translated to live-action…assuming it’s done well. We will likely still have to wait quite a while to find out.

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