‘It Takes Two’ Video Game Gets Film and TV Adaptation From ‘Sonic’ Writers and Producers
thewrap.comGame of the Year from the Game Awards 2021, will be adapted into a film and a TV series from the writers and producing team behind “Sonic the Hedgehog” and its upcoming sequel.
Hazelight is teaming with dj2 Entertainment on the screen adaptations, and the production company has tapped Pat Casey and Josh Miller, who wrote the original “Sonic” and its sequel, to write the adaptation for both the film and series versions.
No studio or network is attached to the “It Takes Two” adaptation at this stage. “It Takes Two” has sold three million copies as of October after being released in March last year, and the game is a Pixar-esque adventure about a married couple on the verge of divorce who get magically transformed into rag dolls and must now overcome their fractured relationship and work together to get back to normal.
Along the way, they’re guided by a talking book and love guru helping their relationship named Dr. Hakim. The game has been heralded because it does not include a single player mode and must be played as a co-operative game, with each player taking control of either the husband or wife and with each character having their own abilities, strengths and weaknesses that players must use together in order to navigate each level and boss fight.
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