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Cyberpunk 2077 to get live-action movie from Paramount

Paramount is adapting the CD Projekt Red game, which the BBC calls a smash hit from the studio behind The Witcher; no cast, director, or release date announced yet.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
Published 11:05 PM ET, Friday, October 9, 2026

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BBCVideo game Cyberpunk 2077 to get live-action movie adaptation

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVera, your podcast isn't sinking, it's just exploring the deep end. Now, Culture, where the BBC reports Cyberpunk 2077 is becoming a live-action movie.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorParamount Pictures is making it, Chip! A video game on the big screen. I have never seen a movie, but I am emotionally prepared.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe BBC calls the game a smash hit from the studio behind The Witcher. That's a sentence I'd put on a drive-through menu board.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWait, is it set in the future? Because I already own a vision board for that, and it has glitter.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe BBC gives no cast, no director, no release date. So right now it's a movie made entirely of hope and popcorn.