Again in August, Ubisoft introduced a live-action Far Cry TV sequence was coming to FX, co-created by Noah Hawley of Alien: Earth and Rob McElhenney, who now goes by Rob Mac, of It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia.
Weirdly, the announcement, which appeared on Ubisoft’s personal web site on August 9, promptly disappeared, and Ubisoft just about tried to faux it by no means occurred.
Right now, Ubisoft continued to faux it by no means introduced the Far Cry sequence at FX by saying the Far Cry sequence at FX. Once more. The small print of the present are just about what we already knew, however this time, there are quotes to associate with them. So, that is one thing!
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“What I like concerning the Far Cry sport franchise is it is an anthology. Every sport is a variation of a theme, the identical manner every season of Fargo [another FX/Hawley joint] is a variation on a theme,” mentioned Hawley. Identical to the Far Cry video games, every season of the present can be “set in a brand new setting following a brand new solid of characters,” based on Ubisoft.
“Ubisoft has been remarkably beneficiant, entrusting us with one of the iconic video-game worlds ever created,” Mac mentioned, who will government produce in addition to star within the present (presumably in additional than simply the primary season). Mac and Ubisoft lately concluded enterprise on one other videogame-themed present, Mythic Quest, which was canceled in April 2025 after 4 seasons.
Nicely, heck, I will positively be watching as a result of I like exhibits the place somebody runs round taking pictures folks in a stupendous a part of the world, and there are plenty of places to select from: Micronesia, Central Africa, Southeast Asia, Nepal, Montana, Cuba…
Wait a second. There was that different Far Cry sport nobody actually talks about: the caveman one! So the true query is, do you suppose they’re going to go for broke and do a season set within the Stone Age of Far Cry Primal? I might actually wish to see Mac as a caveman.
This is not the primary time Far Cry has been tailored for a different-sized display screen. The direct-to-video Far Cry film directed by Uwe Boll in 2008 was a infamous suckfest, although Netflix animated sequence Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is, as I perceive it, fairly good.
