Gearbox Software is adapting its World War II shooter collection Brothers in Arms right into a TV present.
The new collection will likely be tailored with the assistance of government producer and showrunner Scott Rosenbaum, whose resume boasts reveals together with V and Queen of the South. Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford can be taking an government producer position on the undertaking.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the variation tells the story of eight males who should rescue their colonel from Axis powers earlier than the enemy can find out about D-Day plans. The present will function characters from either side of the struggle, together with real-life figures from World War II.
“I love the stories we told in the games, and we do have more stories to tell, but a TV show lets us explore this subject matter and the effect on the relationships and people in broader ways,” Randy Pitchford informed the publication.
“The story we ended up using has never been dramatized on TV,” says Rosenbaum. “Almost 800 U.S. servicemen were killed and it had to be covered up because the Allies were preparing for the real Normandy invasion.”
This is the second time a Gearbox Software game will obtain a live-action adaptation. A borderlands film is presently within the works, with Eli Roth connected to direct.
Gearbox Software’s Brothers in Arms initially launched again in 2005. The studio cancelled plans for a brand new addition to the collection – Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 – in 2015.
