Ubisoft has announced that filming on the first-everWatch Dogsmovie has now finished. However, the thing that’s taken most people by surprise with this announcement is that there’s aWatch Dogsmovie in the works at all.
With filming wrapped, the production will move on to editing a final cut that should make it into cinemas and onto streaming services, but there’s no indication of what that looks like. The plot of Watch Dogs has been closely guarded since the movie was announced, and nothing leaked after filming began earlier this year. For many, it’s hard even to believe that Ubisoft is investing in a movie when it seems to care very little about the games after launchingWatch Dogs: Legion.
What’s it about?
Fans in the replies to Ubisoft’s news are asking the exact same question most of us are. “Based on the first game’s plot?” Unfortunately, no clarification has been provided. Our only concrete information is from an article on Ubisoft’s website in June 2024. It states that the movie will be anoriginal story that takes place within theWatch Dogsuniverse.
This sounds very much like Ubisoft has had director Mathieu Turi and screenwriter Christie LeBlanc, who also worked on Netflix’s Oxygen, craft a story that captures what theWatch Dogsfranchise is while being an originalnarrative in its own right.
The firstWatch Dogstakes place entirely in Chicago and sees protagonist Aiden Pearce take on the company that’s established itself as a veritable big brother and all the shady groups working within the system for their own nefarious desires.
InWatch Dogs 2, Marcus Holloway works with DedSec to execute the biggest hack in history in San Fransisco.Watch Dogs: Legionis the bleakest but most compelling setting, a post-Brexit London that’s patrolled by an advanced security force that hits just a bit too close to reality.
Fans loved theBloodlineDLC forWatch Dogs: Legionbecause it brought original protagonist Aiden Pearce back into the fold. I’d love to see something similar from this movie. An original story set in a city never explored in the franchise before, with interesting characters specific to the movie.
However, I’d also love to have characters from the games make a cameo and tie them all together. There’s so much to pull from with this IP, but throwing every element together and hoping for greatness won’t be enough. The story must enable the tech on show to feel real and craft a world you could reasonably believe is only a few years more advanced than our own. It needs to wow viewers but also scare them.
