Some may say we are in a renaissance of video game adaptations as we've been treated to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (and its sequel!), a third Sonic the Hedgehog film, and TV series based on The Last of Us and Fallout, and will soon be getting adaptations of God of War, Mass Effect, and so many more. The best part? A lot of these look so much better than video game adaptations we’ve gotten in the past.

How many will actually make it through development and see the light of day remains to be seen, and only a fraction of these have actual release dates. But we're watching these projects, and we're tracking them!

For the purposes of this list, we classify a “video game movie” or "video game TV show" as an actual adaptation of an existing video game, so something like Wreck-It Ralph (which is just a movie about video games) wouldn’t qualify. They don’t have to be faithful adaptations – they just have to be based on a real game.

Click on through the slideshow below for a glimpse, or read on to find out about the biggest projects with definite details. And if you see something incorrect, missing, or in need of an update, let us know in the comments!

What Are the Next Video Game Movies and TV Shows Coming Out? 2026 and Beyond Release Dates

Video Game Movies in 2026 and Beyond

Resident Evil (September 18, 2026)
Street Fighter (October 16, 2026)
The Angry Birds Movie 3 (January 29, 2027)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (March 19, 2027)
The Legend of Zelda (May 7, 2027)
A Minecraft Movie Squared (July 23, 2027)
Helldivers (November 10, 2027)
Elden Ring (March 3, 2028)
Call of Duty (June 30, 2028)
Mortal Kombat 3 (TBA)
Bloodborne (TBA)
Super Mario Movie 3 (TBA)
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (TBA)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (TBA)
Horizon Zero Dawn (TBA)
Grow a Garden (Roblox) (TBA)
The Sims (TBA)
Riders Republic (TBA)
Gears of War (TBA)
Sleeping Dogs (TBA)
Phasmophobia (TBA)
Death Stranding (TBA)
Death Stranding: Mosquito (TBA)
BioShock (TBA)
El Paso, Elsewhere (TBA)
Split Fiction (TBA)
Watch Dogs (TBA)
Battlefield (TBA)

Video Game TV Shows in 2026 and Beyond

The Witcher: Season 5 (2026)
The Last of Us: Season 3 (2027)
Ghost of Tsushima Anime Series (2027)
God of War Series (TBA)
Fallout: Season 3 (TBA)
Tomb Raider Series (Sophie Turner) (TBA)
Devil May Cry: Season 3 (TBA)
Far Cry Series (TBA)
Mass Effect Series (TBA)
Beyond: Two Souls Series (TBA)
Assassin's Creed Series (TBA)
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 2 (TBA)
Overcooked Reality Series (TBA)
Gears of War Animated Series (TBA)

Resident Evil

Release Date: September 18, 2026

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie will be bringing us back to Raccoon City in 2026 and recent images posted online have confirmed filming is underway in Prague. This likely means the film will be set prior to October 1998 and the events depicted in Resident Evil 3 for reasons we won't spoil here.

Street Fighter

Release Date: October 16, 2026

Street Fighter will be making its way to the big screen next year from Bad Trip's Kitao Sakurai. As for who will star in the film, a recent trailer revealed the following;

Noah Centineo as “Ken Masters”
Andrew Koji as “Ryu”
Callina Liang as “Chun-Li”
Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as “Akuma”
David Dastmalchian as “M. Bison”
Cody Rhodes as “Guile”
Andrew Schulz as “Dan Hibiki”
Eric André as “Don Sauvage”
Vidyut Jammwal as “Dhalsim”
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as “Balrog”
Jason Momoa as “Blanka”
Orville Peck as “Vega”
Olivier Richters as “Zangief”
Hirooki Goto as “E. Honda”
Rayna Vallandingham as “Juli”
Alexander Volkanovski as “Joe”
Kyle Mooney as “Marvin”
Mel Jarnson as “Cammy”

“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury,” the official plot synopsis reads.

The Angry Birds Movie 3

Release Date: January 29, 2027

Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, and Danny McBride return as Red, Chuck, Silver, and Bomb for a third Angry Birds movies. John Rice (The Angry Birds Movie 1, Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe) directs from a screenplay by Thurop Van Orman (The Angry Birds Movie 2!).

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Release Date: March 19, 2027

The Sonic movies are going strong (Sonic 3 is at the top of our best video game movies of all time list!), so it's no surprise that a fourth film is in the works. There aren't many details available about the project yet, but based on the Sonic 3 post-credits scene, expect Amy Rose and Metal Sonic to show up.

The Legend of Zelda

Release Date: May 7, 2027

The Legend of Zelda is officially getting the live-action film treatment and it's being produced by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, chairman of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.

The film will be directed by Wes Ball and will star Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link. and it's all being co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will be financing more than 50% of the movie and the theatrical distribution will be done by Sony.

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