Developer Hinterland Studio's man-vs-nature survival game The Long Dark

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Hinterland is partnering with Resident Evil movie series producer Jeremy Bolt, and his production company Bolt Pictures, on the project.Raphael van Lierop, founder and creative director at Hinterland, will be penning the script. However, no director or actors are attached, and a release date for the film has not been set yet."My goal with Hinterland — starting with The Long Dark — has always been to create original entertainment properties that could span multiple mediums, exploiting the storytelling potential of each form," van Lietrop said.Hinterland has produced a five-minute film called Elegy (which can be viewed here ), featuring Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer, to help illustrate how The Long Dark will transition into a live-action film.The game's narrative mode, Wintermute, follows pilot Will Mackenzie and Dr. Astrid Greenwood, who crash in the Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster. The story is said to be inspired by Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road.The Long Dark, which has been in Early Access for quite a while and is getting a full release on August 1 for PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One, had already sold 1.3 million copies prior to its launch.For more on Wintermute, check out IGN's preview

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