Cyberpunk 2077 Live-Action Film Reportedly in the Works at Paramount

Reports say CD Projekt Red is working with Paramount on a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie, and the Polish studio now appears to have confirmed the deal. Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski posted on X that the company is excited about Paramount as a future partner that shares its creative ambitions for the Cyberpunk franchise. He added that more details will come "at the appropriate time." That is a notable step up from rumor, but it is still a thin announcement. There is no word yet on who is writing or directing, who might appear on screen, or when audiences could see it.

The film would be the franchise's first foray into a traditional live-action feature. Cyberpunk 2077 launched in 2020 to a rocky reception, with bugs and performance problems that overshadowed its story and world. CD Projekt Red spent the following years repairing the game and rebuilding its reputation, and the 2023 Phantom Liberty expansion was widely praised. The wider franchise has also reached beyond games through Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the Netflix anime produced by Studio Trigger, which won a large audience and critical acclaim when it arrived in 2022.

Paramount brings something the studio has not had in this franchise before: a major Hollywood distributor with experience turning game properties into box office hits. Its Sonic the Hedgehog films, for example, showed that a game-based movie can find a large audience when it is handled with care. Whether a Cyberpunk film can match that success will depend on how much of the game's dark, morally complicated tone survives the translation to a mainstream theatrical release.

For now, fans should treat the project as confirmed in principle but unfinished in every other way. The most useful signal will be whether CD Projekt Red keeps a strong creative voice in the adaptation, a point it has emphasized in its other franchise partnerships. Official details are likely to come later, possibly tied to a larger announcement.