Pew, pew. That’s the sound of Vice Studios securing the global rights to adapt the Payday video games for TV and film.
Vice Studios, the banner behind Gangs of London, has partnered with Starbreeze Entertainment to bring the long-running first-person shooter franchise (Payday: The Heist, Payday 2 and Payday 3) to the screen in non-gaming formats, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Payday first launched in 2011 and has since evolved to support a community of more than 50 million players. The Payday games have generated more than $400 million in lifetime gross revenue.
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“The game’s masked protagonists have proven that no score is too audacious, no enemy too powerful, and no fortune enough to stop their criminal ambitions,” the studios describe the content of their money-maker. “The cinematic heists mix high-octane action in exciting heist locations with stories about betrayal,
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