Cyberpunk 2077 Movie Won’t Be a 1:1 Game Adaptation, CDPR Says

The live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie in development at Paramount will not retell the story of CD Projekt Red’s RPG. Co-CEO Michał Nowakowski confirmed this in a new interview with PAP Biznes. PAP Biznes is the Polish Press Agency’s business wire. Nowakowski said CDPR “definitively doesn’t want to make a film adaptation of the game.” He added that the studio wants a story inside Cyberpunk that won’t be a 1:1 translation of the game’s plot.

The Paramount partnership was first confirmed in our October 9 Morning Save Point. Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is attached. CDPR hasn’t named a director, cast, or release window for the film yet. Asked directly whether the project would adapt Cyberpunk 2077’s main V-and-Johnny Silverhand plot, Nowakowski pointed to the same approach that worked for Amazon’s Fallout series. That show built an original story inside Bethesda’s setting rather than retelling a player’s campaign. Prime Video renewed it for a second season in 2025, with season 2 premiering December 16, 2025.

CDPR’s Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 work is currently spread across studios in Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Vancouver and Boston. A movie set in Night City runs on a separate track from the games. Phantom Liberty is CDPR’s last big swing in the universe. It was widely cited as one of the best Cyberpunk stories CDPR has shipped. The expansion showed the studio is comfortable letting other writers explore the setting. “Edgerunners,” the 2022 Netflix anime from Studio Trigger, told its own story inside the same world. It remains the best-known Cyberpunk adaptation to date.

Night City is the fictional California megalopolis where the game is set. It is also the place where most players spend 60-plus hours with V. For anyone wondering if this means Johnny Silverhand shows up: CDPR hasn’t said either way. Nowakowski only confirmed the studio wants an original screenplay, not a 1:1 translation.

Recent game-to-screen adaptations and their approach

Our read: Telling an original Cyberpunk story through Paramount is the safest possible bet for both sides. Adapting a 60-plus-hour RPG almost never works. Resident Evil’s track record is the exception, not the rule. Prime Video’s Fallout also proved original stories inside the setting build new audiences. The Fallout TV approach shows the model: stay inside the world, ignore the player’s exact choices, and ship a story that runs parallel to the games. CDPR keeps the Night City IP flexible for Phantom Liberty sequels, the Cyberpunk 2 team in Boston, and whatever Edgerunners does next. Meanwhile, the Paramount film lands without the baggage of fan expectations about V’s ending. Night City is rich enough to support a new protagonist without retreading V’s already-concluded story.

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