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The Kingmakers movie

A live-action Kingmakers film is in development at Netflix, before the game itself has come out. Netflix acquired a pitch for the film rather than a finished project, Christopher MacBride is writing it, and no director, cast or release window has been announced.

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A cutscene of a man in plate shoulder armour holding a handheld radio, seated facing a woman.
A cutscene: a man in plate shoulder armour, radio in hand, seated facing a woman. Frame at 3:42 in the Gameplay Deep Dive, tinyBuildGAMES.

From a partnership to Netflix

First, on Steam
A film partner, before any streamer

The developers announced the film as a partnership with Story Kitchen.

“We have partnered with Story Kitchen to bring you a live-action film adaptation of our upcoming medieval time-traveling action game”

Redemption Road and tinyBuild. From Steam announcement: Kingmakers is coming to the big screen!

Then, in the trade press
Netflix buys the pitch

“Netflix has acquired a feature pitch based on the upcoming action-strategy sandbox game Kingmakers, developed by Redemption Road Games and published by tinyBuild. Christopher MacBride is adapting the script.”

Deadline: Netflix, 21 Laps and Story Kitchen developing Kingmakers

A pitch is an idea for a film, not a script or a greenlit production. Wikipedia describes the deal as Netflix buying the rights to distribute the film; the Deadline report does not say that.

Who is involved

NetflixAcquired the feature pitch
21 LapsProducing (Shawn Levy's company)
Story KitchenProducing; the studio's first film partner on the project
Christopher MacBrideWriting the script
tinyBuildAlex Nichiporchik and Jon Carnage as executive producers

The two tinyBuild names are the publisher’s own executives; what else tinyBuild does for the game is on the Kingmakers developer page.

How far along it is

The game studio says it is not directly involved in making the film. Asked about it on the Steam forum, the game director said:

Paul Fisch Game director, replying on the Steam forum

“It is not something we are directly involved in, and my understanding is that progress is quite slow.”

Thread: Paul Fisch on the film's progress, Steam discussions

A separate player, in a thread unrelated to the film, floated a rumour that something was being timed to launch alongside the game. The director’s reply, a few months later, rules that out for anything of the kind, the Netflix film included:

Paul Fisch Game director, replying on the Steam forum

“I have no idea. There is no secret plan to tie any film/tv/comic adaptation to the release of the game.”

Thread: Paul Fisch on the film adaptation and the game's release, Steam discussions

Read next to his “progress is quite slow” above, that is a second, independent no: whatever the film’s own timeline turns out to be, the studio is not planning to hold the game’s release for it, or for anything else.

Not announced

Open: DirectorNo announcement yet.
Open: CastNo announcement yet.
Open: Release date or yearNo announcement yet.
Open: Whether it follows the game's storyNo announcement yet.

The game’s own premise, the one a film would be adapting, is on the Kingmakers story page. The game has no release date either; see the Kingmakers release date.