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Embark Studios has announced that both ARC Raiders and The Finals will be adapted into films and series. According to Variety, production company Chernin Entertainment secured the agreement with the Nexon-owned developer after winning a bidding war against other companies.
Chernin Entertainment's recent credits include Backrooms, which grossed over 400 million dollars worldwide on a 10 million dollar budget, and The Last House for Netflix. David Ready, president of the film division, celebrated the partnership.
Patrick Söderlund, executive chairman of Nexon and founder and CEO of Embark Studios, stated that the studio's creative teams will work closely with Chernin throughout the process to ensure the properties' defining creativity transitions into the new formats.
ARC Raiders is set in a future where Earth is devastated by a mysterious mechanized threat called ARC, while The Finals is a free-to-play FPS set in a virtual combat game show that has surpassed 30 million players over three years. Specific details regarding casts, release dates, and plot lines have not yet been disclosed.
