Some video games are obvious candidates for translation into major motion pictures, while others are not. I think the fishing horror game "Dredge" falls into the latter category. Variety reports that a movie based on "Dredge" is currently in the works.

This is not to say that Dredge is not a good game. In fact, it is a very good game. We gave it the "Best Setting Award" for 2023: Features producer Molly Taylor said it had "the most solid atmosphere" of any game she played that year. She said, "It's a relaxing, peaceful fishing game during the day, but as the sun sets, it turns into a disturbing realization of how isolated my little boat is in that big, dark sea, and Dredge hits both poles so well that my usual horror-hating self is desperate to delve deeper into its mysteries, happily It creates a spooky world.

The problem is that vibes are what it's all about: if you go fishing and let your guard down, you'll find yourself caught up in a Lovecraft-flavored, unpleasant, "wonderfully unnerving" world. While this might serve as an effective framework for a creepy horror film, the game doesn't have a lot of plots or characters to make a movie out of.

Meanwhile, Black Salt Games, the developer of "Dredge," has partnered with production company Story Kitchen to produce the film: one of its founders is the co-producer of the shockingly successful (after some work) "Sonic the Hedgehog." Dmitri Johnson. Story Kitchen has also signed contracts to adapt hit games (but with thin scenarios) such as "Sifu," "Vampire Survivors," and "Slime Rancher" into films.

"We are excited to partner with such an experienced studio team to bring the worlds we create to live action and ignite the imagination of audiences around the world," Black Salt Games said in a statement. Johnson, co-founder of Story Kitchen, described "Dredge" as "a fascinating, eerie, profoundly rich story that had me completely hooked from the start!" He described it as.

This is all in the early stages, so don't expect to be able to go to the cinema to see "Dredge" anytime soon. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is to have Willem Defoe and Robert Pattinson co-star again as some sort of lighthouse heir, but this is probably an unrealistic and poorly conceived idea. Staff writer Harvey Randall has somewhat strong feelings about it: he would like to have Nic Cage and Markiplier on the show, but the reasons for this are not explained and I don't understand them.