It Takes Two is being adapted for film and TV - and we have mixed feelings

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It Takes Two, last year's big co-op gaming success story, is being adapted for film and TV, according to an exclusive report.

As reported by Variety, developer Hazelight Studios has teamed up with production company dj2 Entertainment to bring the game to both the silver screen and small screen.

«Creating the world and story in It Takes Two was so much fun for me and the team,» developer Hazelight's founder, Josef Fares, told Variety. «Since it has a strong narrative with many crazy characters and just as crazy co-op action moments, the potential is huge for a great adaption to film or television.»

dj2 Entertainment specializes in adapting games for film and TV, with the company previously working on the Sonic the Hedgehog film. Currently, dj2 has quite a few game adaptions in the works, including TV shows on Disco Elysium, Tomb Raider and Life is Strange and a Sleeping Dogs feature film. It makes sense, then, that the writers behind the Sonic the Hedgehog film, Pat Casey and Josh Miller, are currently attached to the project. 

Currently, no studio or network is attached to the It Takes Two adaptions but, according to Variety's sources, it is currently «the subject of a multi-party bidding war». 

Hazelight's It Takes Two released to critical acclaim in 2021, even scooping up The Game Awards 2021 Game of the Year accolade — and it's not hard to see why.

It Takes Two tells the story of Cody and Rose who are on track to get a divorce — but to the dismay of their daughter, Rose. After some magic goings-on, the couple find themselves embodying two of Rose’s handmade dolls and have no choice but to work together to reach their daughter so they can undo whatever has happened – all while taking relationship advice from an