The Sims movie involving Margot Robbie confirmed

The makers of The Sims person confirmed that a movie based connected the deed videogame bid is connected the way.

Rumours astir the adaptation of the fashionable beingness simulator, which archetypal launched much than 20 years agone successful 2000, had been swirling for respective months.

Gaming elephantine Electronic Arts (EA), which publishes the series, announced it was moving with Amazon MGM Studios connected the film.

It besides confirmed Margot Robbie's accumulation institution LuckyChap and Loki manager Kate Herron were involved.

British writer and comedian Briony Redman volition co-write the film, EA said.

She antecedently worked with Herron, who besides directed episodes of Netflix's Sex Education, connected a publication for the astir caller bid of Doctor Who.

EA said it was "too aboriginal to stock more" but promised updates adjacent year, erstwhile The Sims marks its 25th anniversary.

Developed by Maxis, the crippled puts players successful complaint of cartoonish characters known arsenic Sims, putting them successful power of assorted aspects of their lives.

The crippled receives regular updates, and implicit the years the developers person included themed enlargement packs introducing caller elements, narration dynamics and, successful 1 case, allowing players to crook their Sims into vampires.

Margot Robbie starred successful past year's Barbie movie - 1 of the astir palmy merchandise to movie crossovers ever - and her accumulation institution is also moving connected a Monopoly adaptation.

Speaking to Variety successful February, she said: "We privation to marque much films that person the effect that Barbie has.

"Why can't it beryllium different big, original, bold thought wherever we get an astonishing filmmaker, a large fund to play with, and the spot of a immense conglomerate down them to spell and truly play? I privation to bash that."

LuckyChap antecedently worked with Amazon connected the merchandise of Saltburn - which was a monolithic occurrence erstwhile it became disposable connected its Prime Video work towards the extremity of past year.