- Split Fiction is an adaptation of the hugely popular video game
- Film adaptation was greenlit just two weeks after game’s release
- John M Cho is set to direct the movie
Sydney Sweeney is set to take one of the starring roles in the movie adaptation of the video game Split Fiction, it has been reported.
Variety broke the news that Sweeney, who has recently been seen in Immaculate, is set to take one of the two main roles Mio or Zoe, but it is not yet decided which one. It was also reported that Sweeney will also have an executive producer credit too.
Jon M Chu – who found success recently directing Wicked – will be in the director’s chair for this movie, with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who wrote Deadpool and Wolverine (2024) penning the script. Chu’s production company, Electric Somewhere, along with video game to movie adaptation specialist Story Kitchen – it has produced the Sonic the Hedgehog films – producing.
Split Fiction fast success
Split Fiction was only released on March 6, but a live-action movie version was greenlit just two weeks later, which is much quicker than usually happens with adaptations such as this.
But Split Fiction has been hugely successful since its release. Hazelight Studios, the company behind the game, said it sold more than two million copies in its first week of release, with sales continuing to rise rapidly ever since.
The game has also been popular with critics and gamers alike, which no doubt helped to convince executives to go with a movie version.
Split action
Split Fiction blends sci-fi and fantasy and features two lead characters, Mio and Zoe, a pair of authors become trapped in a simulation of Zoe’s fantasy story. The characters have disparate personalities – Mio is a reserved realist while Zoe is a charismatic optimist – but they must work together to find a way out.
Fans have been drawn to the split-screen gameplay, the mix of puzzles and action, as well as imaginative and engaging gameplay.
You can read more about Split Fiction the game here.
Busy time for Sweeney
If Sweeney does take on one of the roles in Split Fiction, it will add to a busy roster of work she has coming up.
For instance, Sweeney will reprise her role of Cassie Howard for the third season of drama Euphoria, and she is also set to produce and star in a biopic of boxer Christy Martin.
