Rumor has it {that a} TV/film adaptation of PS2’s Ico was lately pitched to Sony, however it’s unclear if one thing ever got here out of it. PlayStation Productions — the crew liable for giving PlayStation IPs the Hollywood therapy — was reportedly looking for a pitch for Ico.
A film based mostly on PS2’s Ico was beforehand thought of
The aforementioned rumor comes from EasyAllies podcast’s Michael Huber, who talked about on a current episode that his “buddy” pitched an Ico film or TV adaptation to Sony as a result of it was “on the checklist of video games they wished remedies for.”
This isn’t the primary time an Ico adaptation has been thought of. Again in 2010, Misher Movies — the corporate tasked to make a film based mostly on Shadow of the Colossus — mentioned that it could make an Ico film if its then endeavour was profitable. Nonetheless, nothing got here out of it and Shadow of the Colossus film by no means noticed the sunshine of day both.
If Huber’s data is appropriate, then it appears like Sony hasn’t given up on Ico simply but.
Ico is extensively considered top-of-the-line PlayStation video games of all time. Its developer, Japan Studio, was disbanded in 2021. Ico’s director Fumito Ueda left Sony in 2011 and based his personal studio, GenDesign.