The Secret World TV Show Announced
Actor Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil has partnered with G4C Innovation’s Gudrun Giddings to produce The Secret World, a TV show based off Funcom's MMO IP.
Conspiracy, the supernatural and shadow warfare is coming to a TV or streaming platform eventually as The Secret World is now getting the full episodic treatment by Hollywood. The show will explore the tussle between the secret societies.
“It is one of the most character-driven and well-developed games I know of,” says Gudrun Giddings, who optioned the media rights back in 2012. “Hence it naturally lends itself to fantastical storylines with intriguing characters, a thrilling, and binge-worthy international TV show.”
The pilot is written by James V. Hart (Hook, Dracula, Contact) and Jake Hart, with Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, Sam Sarkar and Gudrun Giddings attached to produce with Showrunner Pam Veasey (CSI-NY). "From the moment Gudrun first brought this to me, I loved this property. I live for conspiracy theory. I don’t believe it, but I love it. This is the secret story of the people who rule the people who rule the world," said Sam Sarkar.
Just recently The Secret World MMO was rebooted as Secret World Legends, moving it from a traditional massively online RPG to a "shared-world online RPG" that supports a more single-player experience with the option of teaming up with other players. Learn more about Secret World Legends from the official website.
The Secret World has no current release schedule or TV network announced.
