Another video game has plans to be adapted for the big screen, with news that Wes Ball is set to direct an adaptation of Reikon’s popular video game Ruiner for Universal Pictures, with Michael Arlen Ross penning the screenplay.

Universal Pictures picked up the adaptation rights for the action shooter game and tapped Ball, known for his work on big blockbuster titles like Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and the Maze Runner trilogy, to direct. The Ruiner video game is set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok, and follows a wired psychopath who fights against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother. Guided by a mysterious hacker, the player battles through a world of brutal violence and cutting-edge technology, inching closer to the dark secrets hidden within the city’s neon-lit streets.

As we reported recently, Ball is already attached to direct The Legend of Zelda video game adaptation for Nintendo and Sony. Universal, meanwhile, counts The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Five Nights at Freddy’s among their own recent, successful video game adaptation. Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, who’ve produced The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, and Nobody, will produce Ruiner via 87North.

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