Ubisoft has confirmed that plans for a live-action TV present primarily based on the basic Driver franchise has been scrapped. However in excellent news, the corporate continues to be engaged on different initiatives regarding Driver.
The pertinent info comes from Stephen Totilo of Sport File who combed by Ubisoft’s current 356-page annual report, an arduous activity certainly. The article incorporates numerous intriguing snippets regarding all kinds of issues akin to generative AI and even what number of youngsters Ubisoft employs. (14, apparently, which is down from 17 the 12 months earlier than.)
In accordance with Totilo, Ubisoft has ditched plans to create a live-action Driver. A deal was signed with streaming-newcomer Binge again in 2021 to create a live-action model of Driver.
“Working with Binge will permit us to deliver a Driver sequence on to the viewers who’s most enthusiastic about seeing this franchise come to life.” stated Allan Ungar for Binge on the time.
Since then, no Driver television present has come sliding onto our screens.
Stephen Totilo famous that within the paperwork a Ubisoft subsidiary by the title of Hotrod Tanner LLC, named after Driver protagonist Tanner, had been closed.
“We’re not shifting ahead with our partnership with Binge for a Driver sequence,” a Ubisoft spokesperson informed Totilo.
“We’re actively engaged on different thrilling initiatives associated to the franchise and might’t wait to share extra info sooner or later,” added Ubisoft.
Precisely what meaning is, after all, open for hypothesis. There hasn’t been a brand new entry within the Driver sequence for over a decade, the final one being Driver: San Franciso in 2011 which was a bizarre however really fairly gratifying spin on the sequence the place gamers might possess automobiles. No, I’m not making that up. Effectively, to be honest, you possessed the folks driving the automobiles moderately than the automobiles themselves, however nonetheless.
A brand new sport could be incredible, however it could possibly be a film or TV present in growth.
