According to Deadline, the film will be a product of PlayStation Productions and Scott Free Productions. While there’s currently no release date or any additional information confirmed at this point, there is one name attached to the project: screenwriter Emily Jerome, who’s attached to the upcoming thriller Panopticon.
It’s unclear at this point whether the film will be a live-action adaptation or if it will follow the same animated style seen in the game. Given the dizzying amount of live-action video game films over the last couple of years, the Gravity Rush release will likely follow suit with movies like Sonic the Hedgehog and Uncharted.
What is Gravity Rush?
Gravity Rush is a 2012 PS Vita game from developer Japan Studio’s Team Gravity group. It follows a young woman named Kat who’s lost all of her memories. She has the power to manipulate gravity, however, and uses her abilities to protect her world Hekseville against the villainous Nevi. All the while, she slowly unravels the mystery behind her past and the person she was before she suffered from amnesia.
Controlling Kat feels like free-form parkour, as she can walk on walls, float through the air, and “fall” in the direction players manipulate the PS Vita, a feature later recreated with the PlayStation 4 port from Bluepoint Games, Gravity Rush Remastered, in 2016. This port made the game much more accessible to players, who may not have experienced it on the PS Vita, which PlayStation has long since stopped supporting.
In 2017, Gravity Rush 2 debuted as a PlayStation 4 title, centering on the first game’s protagonist Kat once more. She finds herself swept up into a different universe and must help the citizens of the floating city Jirga Para Lhao while working to get back home. Both Gravity Rush Remastered and Gravity Rush 2 received positive reviews and acclaim from critics and players alike.
This isn’t the first time Gravity Rush has been adapted to a non-interactive media format, either. A prequel anime series, Gravity Rush: The Animation ~ Overture ~, debuted ahead of Gravity Rush 2 in 2016. It’s only two episodes long, with both episodes less than 10 minutes apiece. It bridges the two games together with a unique storyline and animation by Studio Khara.
It’ll be some time before additional details emerge regarding the Gravity Rush film, but both Gravity Rush Remastered and Gravity Rush 2 are currently available on PlayStation 4. There is no PC port of either title available at this time.
