One of the least-expected titles in Ubisoft’s game lineup, Riders Republic, is getting a feature film adaptation, with Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set to helm the project, Ubisoft announced Wednesday.
Riders Republic is a Ubisoft’s 2021 extreme sports game that features mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, and wingsuit flying in an open world that combines several landscapes in the Western United States into one location.
In a news release, Ubisoft said the Riders Republic adaptation is “poised to be an electrifying action movie, delivering non-stop thrills, humor, and spectacular stunts on the snowy slopes of the Alps.”
Adil and Bilall first made waves in their home country of Belgium with their 2018 hit Gangsta, before achieving international acclaim with the third and fourth installments of the Bad Boys franchise — Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) — which collectively earned over $830 million at the global box office.
The script for Riders Republic is being penned by award-winning screenwriter Noé Debré (Stillwater, Zorro).
Ubisoft Film and Television is looking to bring Ubisoft’s hit games to new entertainment platforms while creating original stories rooted in gaming culture. Its original series Mythic Quest and Side Quest are streaming on Apple TV Plus, with the animated Splinter Cell: Deathwatch set to debut on Netflix in 2025. Ubisoft is also developing a Watch Dogs live-action movie, which is slated for release in 2026.
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