Yesterday, Sony announced that it was developing an R-rated animated Bloodborne movie alongside How to Blow Up a Pipeline studio Lyrical Media and YouTuber Seán 'Jacksepticeye' McLoughlin.
Lyrical Media is also working alongside Kojima Productions on an animated Death Stranding movie.
In a new interview with IGN, McLoughlin acknowledged that a lot of people will be "surprised" to find that he's attached to the project, but promised that he would fight "tooth and nail" to ensure the film is as good as it possibly can be, and that he "lives and breathes FromSoftware games."
"I assure you. I promise you. I'm not going into this and taking it lightly," McLoughlin said. "I know what an absolute gigantic honor it is. No one knows that better than I do."
McLoughlin stressed throughout the interview that he's a huge Bloodborne fan, noting his Hunter's Mark tattoo, Hunter and Eileen the Crow statues, and 600–700 cumulative hours in the game. "I absolutely adore this franchise," he explained. "Bloodborne is like the thing that I wake up and play video games for. It is the top of the top."
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