Summary
- Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs movie has finally wrapped filming after years of development trouble.
- Ubisoft announced the news via its official Twitter account, sharing a picture of several crewmen behind a camera.
- Unfortunately, we have no idea how far away the movie is from release from this info, as some movies can spend years in post-production.
Even though Ubisoft seems to have completely abandoned Watch Dogs as a potential video game franchise, the publisher still appears to have high hopes for it on the silver screen. A movie adaptation of the first Watch Dogs was announced all the way back in 2013, with Zombieland and Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Rheese on board to write the movie’s screenplay.
After almost a decade of development trouble, and the replacement of Wernick and Rheese with French genre director Mathieu Turi and writer Christie LeBlanc, it now appears as though the project is making some progress. In a new tweet by the official Ubisoft account, the publisher announced that filming has now wrapped on the Watch Dogs movie, sharing a picture of some of the crew behind a camera.
That’s obviously great news for a project that’s had such a troubled past, though we have no idea how long post-production will take. It can vary depending on the amount of editing needed, though you’d assume a grounded movie like Watch Dogs wouldn’t need all that much. Still, we have no idea what it’s like behind the scenes, and projects like the recently released disaster that was the Borderlands movie have spent years in post-production.
Will The Watch Dogs Movie Actually Be Good?
The main worry surrounding Watch Dogs at the moment is its potential quality. Having spent over a decade in the works, it’s very possible Ubisoft could be about to deliver a potential stinker, though the publisher does have varied levels of success when it comes to adaptations.
Ubisoft is working with production company New Regency for Watch Dogs, which just so happens to be the same company behind 2016’s woeful Assassin’s Creed adaptation. Not a great sign, but the company does have quality titles like 12 Years A Slave, The Revenant, and Birdman under its belt. Ubisoft also managed to breathe new life into Rayman last year too, with the fairly well-received Captain Laserhawk Netflix series.
A Far Cry movie was also released all the way back in 2008, though the fact it was directed by Uwe Boll should tell you everything you need to know about its quality.
Unfortunately, there are too many unknowns with Watch Dogs to get a decent picture as to how it will turn out, though Ubisoft and New Regency will be hoping they can avoid pulling off another Borderlands.
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