Hazelight Studios' acclaimed It Takes Two being adapted for film and television
eurogamer.netThe video game adaptations keep a-coming, with the news that Hazelight Studios' acclaimed co-operative platform It Takes Two is the latest in an increasingly long line of games to be making the journey to the big and small screen.
It Takes Two — which released for PC and consoles last March, and featured in many a Game of the Year list as 2021 drew to a close — follows the adventures of Cody and May, a human couple preparing to divorce, who are forced to work together after being turned into living dolls.
According to Variety, Hazelight has partnered with dj2 Entertainment — which also has adaptation of Tomb Raider, Disco Elysium, and Sleeping Dogs in the works — in order to adapt its acclaimed title for both film and television. Pat Casey and Josh Miller — the writing duo behind dj2's live-action «Sonic the Hedgehog» movies — will be working on the big screen version.
It Takes Two — Official 'We're Better Together' Trailer.
«Just like the rest of the gaming world,» says dj2 in a statement accompanying the news, «we fell head-over-heels in love with Cody, May, Rose, Dr. Hakim and the imaginative fantasy universe Hazelight have created, and can't wait to bring these characters — and this world — to life on the big and small screen.»
It still appears to be early stages for the It Takes Too venture, however, and Variety's sources say no studio or network is currently attached to the project. However, it's currently said to be the subject of a multi-party bidding war.
And if you've yet to experience the co-operative delights of Hazelight's It Takes Two, it's definitely worth a punt. Eurogamer's Robert Purchese had a few issues with its approach to the subject of divorce, but still found himself one over by its action. «This
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