Last October brought the new that LookingGlass Technologies’ cult-classic 1994 sci-fi horror System Shock was to be the latest entry in a rapidly ballooning list of video games getting the live-action TV adaptation treatment – and it’s now been revealed that Greg Russo, writer of last year’s Mortal Kombat movie, will be handling its transition to television.
System Shock is the second live-action project based on a video game currently in development at Binge.
As now detailed by Deadline, Russo – who, in addition to his work on last year’s Mortal Kombat movie, has written the script for New Line Cinema’s upcoming Space Invaders film, and is currently adapting Saints Row – will both write and direct the live-action System Shock series, previously said to be aiming to air on Binge.com in 2022.
“I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to make my directorial debut, and I finally found it.”