A movie based on the life-simulation gaming series The Sims has been confirmed, in Hollywood's latest effort to cash in on the video-game adaptation craze sparked by hits including Super Mario Bros and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Amazon MGM is helming the project, while Kate Herron, director of Loki on Disney+, is directing the film. The Sims team at Electronic is producing alongside LuckyChap and Vertigo Entertainment. For fans of The Sims, a movie has been a long time coming. 20th Century Fox acquired the rights to make a film back in 2007 but never pursued the project.

Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed that they are working on feature-film adaptation of Electronic Arts The Sims gaming franchise, and that The Last of Us helmer Kate Herron is set to direct. Deadline has confirmed the reports from a few months ago that Herron,

We’re VERY excited to share that in partnership with Amazon MGM Studios, our team is working on a film based on The Sims.” Details on The Sims movie cast or its production schedule are still all unknown.

Sims being aware that someone is making them commit all of these acts isn’t unprecedented. The Sims 2 had several fourth wall breaks, as characters were keenly aware that the