30 years after it first released, the iconic point-and-click adventure series Broken Sword from British studio Revolution Software is getting a film adaptation.
Revealed by Variety, the project is being produced by Story Kitchen and written by Evan Spiliotopoulos, whose credits include Disney’s live action Beauty and the Best and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Also getting producer seats is series creator and Revolution co-founder Charles Cecil and his partner and co-founder Noirin Carmody.
In a statement, Story Kitchen’s co-founders Dmitri M. Johnson and Michael Lawrence Goldberg said that “Very few franchises of this era have stayed relevant, premium, and loyal to the intelligence of their audience. Broken Sword has done all three.”
“Our work here isn’t to adapt a game into a film. It’s to move a world that has been building for three decades into the next medium it deserves, working hand-in-hand with the people who built it.”
The Broken Sword series follows the globetrotting adventures of American George Stobbart and French journalist Nico Collard, who often find themselves investigating conspiracies with ties to history and religion.
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars was the series’ first entry in 1996, with a Reforged version bringing the game to modern standards in 2024 to critical acclaim, including a 10 from this long-time fan.
More recently, Revolution has been working on Broken Sword – The Smoking Mirror: Reforged, a modern rendition of the second game. A Kickstarter campaign wrapped up not long ago that saw Revolution pull in £743,138, smashing its £50,000 goal.
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Despite a childhood playing survival horrors, point and clicks and beat ’em ups, these days Zach tries to convince people that Homefront: The Revolution is a good game while pining for a sequel to The Order: 1886 and a live-action Treasure Planet film. Carlton, Burnley FC & SJ Sharks fan. Get around him on Twitter @tightinthejorts
