Bloodborne film announced

Sony Pictures has announced an R-rated animated Bloodborne feature film, with PlayStation Productions and creator Seán McLoughlin, known as Jacksepticeye, attached as producers. (ign.com) The announcement came at CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas on April 13, where Sony used its studio presentation to unveil the project. IGN and Polygon both reported the film as an adult-oriented adaptation of FromSoftware’s game universe. (ign.com) (polygon.com) Sony has not announced a director, writer, cast, release date, or distributor window. The companies named so far are Sony Pictures, PlayStation Productions, and Lyrical Animation, with Jacksepticeye listed as a producer. (ign.com) Bloodborne began as a PlayStation 4 game released in March 2015, developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game is set in Yharnam, a city ravaged by a blood-borne plague, and follows a Hunter fighting beasts and uncovering the city’s lore. (fromsoftware.jp) (playstation.com) The game’s structure helps explain why Sony chose animation. Bloodborne tells much of its story through fragments — item descriptions, environmental clues, and cryptic dialogue — while its monsters and shifting dream worlds lean heavily on stylized horror imagery. (playstation.com) (fromsoftware.jp) Sony has spent the past several years turning PlayStation properties into films and television through PlayStation Productions, the unit behind projects including Uncharted. In a 2022 Sony interview, PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash said the group was built to move game series into film and television with Sony Pictures. (sony.com) Sony executives had also signaled that FromSoftware-related adaptations were possible before this week’s reveal. In a 2022 Reuters interview cited by IGN, PlayStation boss Herman Hulst said a movie or television project involving FromSoftware was “not unthinkable.” (ign.com) Jacksepticeye’s role stands out because he is better known as a gaming creator than a film producer. His YouTube channel lists 31.2 million subscribers, and Polygon identified him by his full name, Seán William McLoughlin, in its report on the film. (youtube.com) (polygon.com) Bloodborne has not had a sequel, and Sony has not announced a remake or a personal computer version. The only major expansion released for the original game was The Old Hunters, which launched on November 24, 2015. (blog.playstation.com) (playstation.com) For now, the film announcement answers one question Bloodborne fans have asked for years: whether Sony would return to Yharnam at all. The answer is yes, but on the big screen first. (ign.com)