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Report: Wicked’s Jon M. Chu attached to direct Split Fiction adaptation
Hazelight Studios’ smash hit Split Fiction is reportedly getting a film adaptation starring Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney with Wicked director Jon M. Chu at the helm.
That’s according to Variety, which reports that the film is being written by Deadpool & Wolverine screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
It suggests that the film will be produced by Mike Goldberg and Dmitri M. Johnson’s Story Kitchen, and Chu’s Electronic Somewhere.
Sources told the publication it’s unclear whether Sweeney will portray Zoe Foster or Mio Hudson in the film. Sweeney is also reportedly attached as an executive producer.
Variety previously reported that a bidding war was underway for a Split Fiction adaptation last month.
Split Fiction launched on March 6, 2025, to immediate success. The co-op multiplayer follows Zoe and Mio, two writers trapped within a simulation of the worlds they’ve created.
The game topped one million units in 48 hours followed by two million sales in one week.
It proceeded to break three Guinness World Records, becoming the most played local co-op game on Steam, most sold local co-op game within 48 hours, and most sold local co-op game within one week of release.
Still Wakes The Deep developer The Chinese Room appears to have made a small number of layoffs following the release of the BAFTA-winning game’s Siren’s Rest DLC this week.
A lighting artist and level designer from the studio have posted notices that they’re looking for work on LinkedIn over the past 48 hours (those posts are not linked here out of discretion, but have been verified by GamesIndustry.biz).
At a glance, around 10 staff with the studio listed as their current employer have the ‘looking for work’ label on their LinkedIn profiles – though this is not a reliable metric by itself.
When reached for clarification from GamesIndustry.biz, the studio did not confirm the number of layoffs, or directly confirm that layoffs had occurred.
It did, however, offer the following statement from studio director Ed Daly. “The Chinese Room will share news on changes for the studio in the coming weeks.”
The company is owned by Sumo Group, which in February announced it was refocusing its business on development services.
Still Wakes the Deep won three BAFTAs earlier this year, including two for performers Alec Newman and Karen Dunbar, and an award for New Intellectual Property.
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