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Last modified: May. 4, 2014

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Watch Dogs

Screenwriter: Paul Wernick • Rhett Reese

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Production Status

Current stage in the film’s journey

Development
Production Progress
Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'. Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are on-board to write the script.

May 4, 2014

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
Aiden Pearce is a brilliant hacker bent on revenge and inflicting his own brand of justice after a violent family tragedy. Using all of his skills, Pearce hacks into Chicago's Central Operating System (ctOS), which controls the city’s infrastructure, including security cameras, traffic lights, and public transportation, as well as databases containing key information on the city’s residents. He turns the entire city of Chicago into his ultimate weapon.
Cited as official plot version from deadline.com
Action Adventure Drama Based on Game

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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's writer Paul Wernick last wrote Deadpool & Wolverine and Ghosted.

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Sam Dickerman
Hannah Minghella
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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Commenting on the announcement, Hannah Minghella, president of Production for Columbia Pictures, said, "The themes and open gameplay of ‘Watch Dogs' lends itself perfectly to the big screen. The game has intense action and adventure, but the story focuses on information and the control of information, which we think will lead to an exciting thriller. It has tremendous potential as a motion picture and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to work closely with Ubisoft's internal creative team on the development of the project."
  • Based on the Ubisoft's open world action-adventure video game.

Production Updates for Watch Dogs

Development

Changed Watch Dogs movie production status. Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are on-board to write the script.

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Ubisoft Motion Pictures is collaborating with Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Regency on development of a feature film based on the open world action-adventure video game.

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Language
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Watch Dogs is coming out to on To Be Announced (TBA) There are 9,451 other movies coming out on the same date, including The Rosie Project, Star Wars: New Jedi Order and Bollywood Superstar Monkey.

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