BlueTwelve Studio’s popular game “Stray Cat Stray” is set to be adapted into a film by Annapurna Animation Studio, according to Entertainment Weekly. The French independent game development team’s third-person adventure game will be brought to the big screen by Annapurna Games, a division of Annapurna Pictures, which last year released the critically acclaimed “Stray”. The film will be directed by Nick Bruno, co-director of “Nimona”, and Chris Wedge, director of “Frozen Adventures”.
Annapurna’s head of animation, Robert Baird, explained why the studio was drawn to “Stray” in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “It’s a game that explores humanity without featuring any human characters. The comedic interactions between a cat and a robot really captivated us,” he said. “The popularity of the game lies in its ability to let players see the world through the eyes of an adorable cat. Our challenge is to recreate this immersive experience in a movie.”
Baird also revealed that the development team at BlueTwelve Studios described their game as having a “hopepunk” vibe, a term he found fitting for its optimism and resistance to conventional narratives. “If we can adapt this game successfully, it will be the ultimate hopepunk movie,” Baird said.
Adapting a game into a film is always a difficult task, as it requires staying true to the source material while also catering to a wider audience. However, Annapurna Animation Studio is determined to tackle this challenge in their upcoming film based on “Stray Cat Stray”.
According to the exclusive news from foreign media “Entertainment Weekly” (EW.com), the third-person stray cat adventure game “Stray Cat Stray” developed by French independent game development team BlueTwelve Studio will be adapted at Annapurna Animation Studio. (Annapurna Animation) next film work.
According to reports, “Nimona” co-director Nick Bruno and “Frozen Adventures” director Chris Wedge have confirmed that Annapurna Games, a digital distributor owned by Annapurna Pictures, will Annapurna Interactive ) last year’s big masterpiece “Stray” as the next film work.
And EW interviewed Robert Baird, Annapurna’s head of animation at the end of August this year, and Baird explained why they like “Stray”.
“It’s a game about humanity, but there are no humans in it. It’s a comedy about a cat and a robot, and they have a funny interaction,” Baird said in an interview. Comedy elements, but the movie doesn’t have a single human character, and I think that’s one of the reasons why the game is so popular, because you see the world through the eyes of a cute cat. How did they do it for it to happen, How are we going to do that in the movie? feels like an impossible possibility, we know that’s the nature of games and the key to storytelling.”
According to the report, when Baird contacted BlueTwelve Studios, the development team described their game as having a “hopepunk” vibe. Baird liked the term very much, thinking it was a form of optimism and a form of resistance to the narrative concept.
“I think if we can do this adaptation well, it will be the first and greatest hope punk movie ever,” Baird said.
Of course, how do you adapt a game into a feature length story worthy of a film, that respects the game itself and its audience, and yet is suitable for filming? It has always been a big challenge for a movie based on a game or a comic book movie.
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