Last year’s multiplayer horror video game The Headliners has been tapped for movie adaptation by Studiocanal’s genre label Sixth Dimension, Variety exclusively reports this morning.
The video game adaptation is in early development at this time.
Variety details, “The Headliners puts up to eight players in the roles of journalists who must capture photos of an alien-infested New York.
“As the only people allowed in the city, the objective is to capture front-page-worthy snaps while avoiding dismemberment at the hands of extraterrestrial invaders.”
From developers Lucas Bouyoux and Bruno Grégoire, The Headliners was published by Kafi Games in 2025. Variety notes, “The title has sold over 1.5 million copies as a PC exclusive.”
“In a world where attention is currency, Kafi Games’ indie smash The Headliners struck us, along with millions of giddy gamers, as a hilarious and unique entry point into the alien invasion genre,” Jed Benedict, head of Sixth Dimension, said in a statement.
“As if Cloverfield met Ghostbusters via Nightcrawler, we aim to take Kafi Games’ brilliantly original survival-horror game and watch the mayhem unfold through the cameras of the journalists who risk everything, life and limb, for the perfect shot.”
Watch the official reveal trailer for The Headliners below.
