After more than ten years of planning, the film adaptation of ICO’s masterpiece “Wanda and the Colossus” is still in development

The PlayStation exclusive game “Wanda and the Colossus” (The Shadow Of The Colossus) produced by the Team ICO team is a palace-level epic work in my mind. During the CES 2025 exhibition, Sony (Sony) released “Jedi Warriors” ” and “Horizon” will be remade into movies, the latest news about the movie adaptation of “Wanda and the Colossus” has also come from overseas – yes, the movie plan for this game has not been given up.

News of a film adaptation of “Wanda and the Colossus” first began to be reported by foreign media in 2009. In 2012, it was first rumored that it would be directed by Josh Trank, the director of “Shadow of the Colossus”.

However, after Josh withdrew from the project in 2014, it was taken over by Argentinian director Andrés Muschietti. Ten years later, Muschietti directed “It” (2017), “The Flash” (The Flash; 2023) and other works, but “Wanda and the Colossus” has never made new progress.

However, after Sony Pictures recently announced its IP movie plans, The Gamer suddenly recorded that Mahetti mentioned the news of “Wanda and the Colossus” in an interview on YouTube, confirming that the project has not been cancelled. .

“I like “Wanda and the Colossus” very much. Although I am not a very good gamer, I have played it several times,” Mashiti said. “I have always wanted to make this movie. It seems like it has been ten years now. Although I have been very busy during this period, you know, this is not a movie that can be made quickly, because many things have to do with Hollywood…”

According to an interview in the film (automatically translated), Mahetti mentioned on the show that he liked the script of the film very much, but he also admitted that there are still many obstacles to be overcome before the film can actually start shooting, especially because of the production difficulties in Hollywood. There are many factors leading to the delay, but the film project is still in development and has not been canceled due to years of delays.

“The film project is still in development, and now there is a possibility of production. I like this work very much. We have a script that I personally like very much.”

Having said that, this is the good news that Mashiti can bring, because the film production has not yet officially started. As a director, what he can do is quite limited. Most of it still depends on Sony Pictures and Sony Pictures. The producer’s follow-up promotion, especially the lack of budget.

However, given that Sony is currently vigorously promoting movie plans for its game IP, maybe it will be the turn of “Wanda and the Colossus” news in due course.