The Long Dark to get film adaptation

Early Access success story The Long Dark is launching fully today (PC, PS4, Xbox One), after spending a few years in Early Access selling an impressive 1.3 million copies in the process. The survival game that also offers a story campaign is now being adapted in to a movie as the developer Hinterland Games has teamed up with Resident Evil producer Jeremy Bolt.

"My goal with Hinterland - starting with The Long Dark -- has always been to create original entertainment properties that could span multiple mediums, exploiting the storytelling potential of each form" said Raphael van Lierop, founder and creative director at Hinterland. "Partnering with Jeremy on this project is the first step in achieving that vision of true cross-platform storytelling in the world of The Long Dark."

"I first reached out to Raphael, as a fan of The Long Dark" explains Bolt. "I was immediately taken by the game's stunningly immersive landscapes, eerily solitary and realistic nature; it is an existential tale of moral, emotional and physical endurance with strong characters to build on; it is also a mystery. It is an honor to try to do justice to it on film."

With Bolt producing, and van Lierup writing the script, no director or actors have been confirmed, but this short piece called Elegy - A Visual Poem of the Long Dark - was released to offer some insight into what the project aims to achieve.