Kingmakers had an astounding
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Story Kitchen will take TinyBuild’s time travel game Kingmakers to live-action film

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Story Kitchen, the Hollywood production company behind Tomb Raider and Sonic film/TV adaptations, has partnered with TinyBuild and Redemption Road Games to adapt the upcoming medieval time-travel action game, Kingmakers, into a live-action film.    

Kingmakers made a huge splash on social media after its trailer debuted in February. The strategy game allows players to bring an arsenal of assault rifles, Humvees, and attack helicopters to war-torn medieval England, where they’ll assist Owain Glyndower’s 1401 Welsh Rebellion, via massive, simulated battles. Story Kitchen’s adaptation will ask the question: What if Braveheart included time travel?

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.