The post Roblox smash “Grow a Garden” secures film adaptation for theatrical release appeared com. Grow a Garden, one of the most viral games on Roblox, is being turned into a movie, according to Deadline. The game, which launched in March and once reached 22. 3 million concurrent players, becomes the second title from the platform to be lined up for a theatrical release in recent weeks. Story Kitchen, the production company involved in earlier video game-to-film projects, signed an agreement with Splitting Point Studios in New Zealand to bring the farming game to theaters. The project builds on the game’s large built‑in audience across the platform, where 150 million daily active users log in. Despite its popularity, Grow a Garden does not have a narrative built into the gameplay. The experience is centered around planting crops, selling them, and purchasing seeds that become more expensive over time. The repetitive style is one of the reasons players stay engaged. The film adaptation will have to create a full storyline around a world that was not originally built for storytelling, but the producers believe they have a path for this. Producers outline direction for the film Dmitri Johnson, the co‑founder of Story Kitchen, said the movie will follow a group of city kids who discover a portal to the game world and travel into it before returning home. Johnson said, “Grow a Garden was the game we felt we could do in a way that could be impactful and emotional and take us on an adventure while honoring the game itself. If we do our job right, this will be a family story and gets people to go outside.” This agreement follows another film project tied to Roblox. Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, based in Vancouver, signed a deal last month to make a movie based on Jailbreak, a cops‑and‑robbers game by the developer Badimo. Catherine Winder, the.
