Indie fishing horror film ‘Dredge’ to get film adaptation

The latest video game to join the long list of movie adaptations is an indie fishing horror sim dredgein all games.

You might think that with a concept like “a fishing game, but with terrifying horror,” it might not make too big a splash (pun intended), but you’d be wrong, as Dredge is only six months after release It sold 1 million copies. roll out. Now, developer Black Salt Games and production company Story Kitchen have teamed up to create a live-action movie. You may not have heard of Story Kitchen, but you’ve certainly heard of some of the movies its co-founder Demetri Johnson has been involved in.

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Johnson served as a co-producer on both Sonic the Hedgehog movies, as well as the upcoming third film. Dredge is also the latest video game adaptation from Story Kitchen, which is also working on adaptations of We Happy Few, Tomb Raider, Disco Elysium, It Takes Two, Life is Strange and more. The official synopsis for Dredge’s film is “Think ‘The Sixth Sense’ on water. A grounded cosmic horror hybrid of H.P. Lovecraft and Ernest Hemingway.”

Black Salt Games also released a statement saying, “We’re excited to be working with such an experienced studio team to bring the worlds we create to life and spark the imaginations of audiences around the world.” Johnson and Story Kitchen’s Other members also released a statement, saying: “‘Dredge’ is a riveting, weird and incredibly rich story that had us completely hooked from the beginning!”

As expected, there’s no release date yet, nor any cast or crew information, so for now you’ll just have to keep playing the original game and its very good DLC while you wait.