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Watch Dogs, a video game franchise from Ubisoft, follows the story of skilled hackers who make use of complex technology to fend off oppressive forces trying to control major cities around the globe. Ubisoft’s action-adventure franchise has managed to captivate gamers with an appropriate portrayal of hacking culture and underground networks. The studio even had a film adaptation planned, but it ended up being stuck in development hell.
However, it seems like theWatch Dogsfilm adaptation is finally gearing up. The Robin Hood star, Tom Blyth, has now joined the film cast. While this has undoubtedly caused massive excitement among fans, many point towards the failure of theAssassin’s Creedmovie series and believe that we shouldn’t even bother hyping up.
Watch DogsMovie Needs to Learn From the Failures of Assassin’s Creed Adaptation
There’s no doubt that theAssassin’s Creedmovie had the potential to be one of the best video game adaptations of all time. The movie featured many stars and Academy Award nominees, including Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, and Jeremy Irons. It also had good production value, being completely shot and having accurate sets and costumes from the games.
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Unfortunately, theAssassin’s Creedmovie was a massive failure. It became one of the lowest-rated video game adaptations of all time, and that’s not without reason. The film producers didn’t even try bringing exciting visuals or the franchise’s iconic parkour gameplay into live-action. If they had stuck to the true source and adapted what made the games famous in the first place, the movie would’ve been a blockbuster, not a $240 million failure.
With aWatch Dogsmovie on the horizon, many people fear that New Regency and Ubisoft won’t stick to the game’s core roots, and the project will ultimately be another failure like the Assassin’s Creed movies.
Fans have voiced their concern on social media platforms and hope film producers do justice to theWatch Dogsfranchise. Some are even surprised with Ubisoft’s decision to opt for aWatch Dogsadaptation,considering how they’ve treated the franchise in the past.
It’s clear that if Ubisoft makes the same mistakes as the Assassin’s Creed movie, theWatch Dogsproject is destined to fail. The film producers need to use the franchise’s incredible world that doesn’t deviate from the original source material.The Fallout series’ incredible success provesthat video game adaptations can be good if they’re handled with care and not for the sake of milking the series.
What Can We Expect From theWatch DogsLive-Action Adaptation?
Written by Christie LeBlanc, theWatch Dogsmovie is all set to feature characters who will adapt to the hacker lifestyle to beat the villains who have troubled them. In the first game, we see the story of Aiden Pearce, a man who wants revenge after a hit that leads to the death of his niece. Other titles in the franchise have always tended to tie in plotlines of justice or revenge, with the latest entry,Watch Dogs: Legion,bringing an oppressive technocracy to the city of London.
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Since this is the first live-action adaptation of theWatch Dogsfranchise, there’s a high chance that Blyth will play Aiden. This makes complete sense, considering that the movie needs to adapt the story from the first title. We might see Wilde portray Clara Lille, another hacker trying to expose a tech company for corruption. The hacker-duo works as partners in the first title, so it would make sense for this to be adapted.
Details on the film’s release window remain scarce as it’s still in early production. GivenWatch Dogs’grounded setting, it should be easier for the filmmakers to translate the games onto the big screen. The incredible talent already on board the project has immense experience, which could allow the characters to be close to what they were in the games.
Dhruv Bhatnagar
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With over 4 years of experience in content writing and more than 1,000 articles published for FandomWire, Dhruv is a seasoned writer when it comes to the gaming space. He’s deeply passionate about titles such as GTA Online, Forza Horizon, and Pokémon Go, committed to bringing readers deep dives and latest updates.
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