Sea of Thieves Live-Action Film in Development at Xbox
Xbox is expanding its IP into film and television at scale, with Sea of Thieves becoming the latest game to get a live-action adaptation as part of a broader push of more than 10 projects.
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A live-action film adaptation of Rare's pirate game Sea of Thieves is in production, with Destin Daniel Cretton producing through his company Hisako Films. The project is one of over 10 Xbox game adaptations in the pipeline, following the box office success of Minecraft: The Movie and the streaming performance of Fallout.
Destin Daniel Cretton, director of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, will produce the Sea of Thieves film through his banner Hisako Films. No director has been attached yet. Xbox executive Matt Booty told Entertainment Weekly that the game's cooperative community structure will inform the adaptation's direction, saying the protagonist is 'the player and the community itself.'
The film is one of over 10 adaptation projects Xbox has in development, according to EW. Already announced titles include a sequel to Minecraft: The Movie, which ranked fifth at the 2025 global box office, and Amazon's live-action Fallout series, which became the second most-watched show on the platform. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told EW, 'We believe great games are culture, and culture is entertainment.'
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