Live-action CYBERPUNK 2077 movie in development at Paramount

Paramount Pictures and CD Projekt Red have confirmed they are partnering on a movie set in Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk universe, most famously used in CD Projekt's video game Cyberpunk 2077.Mike Pondsmith developed the setting for a tabletop roleplaying game, Cyberpunk (now referred to as Cyberpunk 2013 to avoid confusion), released in 1988. It was followed in 1990 by Cyberpunk 2020, its best-known edition, and Cyberpunk v3.0 (2005). Cyberpunk Red, the current edition of the game, launched in 2019.CD Projekt optioned the setting for a video game in 2012, beginning development in earnest after the release of The Witcher III in 2015. Cyberpunk 2077 launched in late 2020 in an infamously bugged state, resulting in significant criticism before the game recovered through an extensive series of patches and, in 2023, the massive expansion Phantom Liberty. Cyberpunk 2077 recently crossed 40 million sales, with Phantom Liberty hitting 15 million sales by itself.In 2022 Netflix released the…