TheSplit Fiction movieis on the verge of finding a home.
PerDeadline, Amazon MGM Studios is in talks to acquireSplit Fiction, a feature film adaptation of the video game of the same name.Sydney Sweeneyis attached to star in the movie directed byWicked’s Jon M. Chu. The script will be penned by Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese, the screenwriting duo behindTwisted Metaland the three Deadpool movies.
There has been a bidding war for the project from multiple studios, including Sony. However, Amazon MGM Studios is reportedly on the verge of securing the movie for a deal of over $2 million.
Story Kitchen’s Mike Goldberg and Dmitri M. Johnson will produce with Chu’s Electric Somewhere. Executive producers include Sweeney, Timothy I. Stevenson, and Hazelight Studios’ Josef Fares and Oskar Wolontis.
Developed by Hazelight Studios and publisher Electronic Arts,Split Fictionis a sci-fi fantasy game that revolves around authors Mio Hudson and Zoe Foster. The duo becomes trapped in a simulation by the tech company Rader Publishing, which uses AI to create worlds based on the authors’ words. Sweeney will play one of the authors in the adventure movie.
Released on March 6, Split Fiction became a solid hit, grossing over two million copies in the first week following the launch.Digital Trends awarded Split Fiction 3.5 stars, saying the game “delivers awe-inspiring co-op action.”
Sweeney is one of the most in-demand young actresses in the business. After a small role in Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Sweeney broke out in her Emmy-nominated roles inThe White LotusandEuphoria. Sweeney will next be seen inEcho Valley, an Apple TV+ thriller with Julianne Moore, andThe Housemaid, Paul Feig’s psychological thriller with Amanda Seyfried.
Chu is coming off the overwhelming success ofWicked, the Oscar-winning adaptation of the famous stage musical of the same name.Wickedis the first movie of a two-part adaptation. The second movie,Wicked: For Good, opens in theaters on August 21, 2025.
