MYST Will Be Getting a Series of Films and TV Shows Thanks to Village Roadshow

The film and TV rights to the epic fantasy video game franchise MYST have been acquired by Village Roadshow, and they have big plans for the property! They are looking dive into the game’s mythology, expand on that mythology, and develop a multi-platform universe with films and TV content that will be both scripted and unscripted.

MYST is a first-person graphic adventure video game that was first unleashed on the world in 1993, and it was created by Rand and Robyn Miller. Both of the creators will be producers on the upcoming projects that will be developed.

Here are some of the details regarding MYST that were shared in a press release:

The vast MYST canon has over 10,000 years of history, but its primary saga follows Atrus, a brilliant (if a bit naïve) grandson of Anna, a woman who triggers a world-shaping set of events when she discovers the D’ni civilization in a cavern deep below the New Mexico desert. The D’ni have a unique ability to write books that can link to other worlds. The discovery of their ability and the clash of cultures is the catalyst for the MYST novels and games. Until 2002, MYST was the best-selling PC game of all time, and to date the franchise has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. MYST spawned several successful sequels including the critically acclaimed RIVEN in 1997. A series of MYST novels were also published. The books vividly explore the lives and backstories of the game’s characters.

The MYST game is credited as a one of the first examples of video games being described as art, and it is often sighted as having been a key influence on many contemporary creatives in diverse entertainment areas including video games, television, and motion pictures.

Village Roadshow will take “a full-scale approach to developing MYST into content across all divisions with the Company’s entire creative team working together to adapt these projects across film and television. Under the direction of its controlling shareholder, Vine Alternative Investments.”

These MYST films and TV shows have the potential to be epic! I just hope that a talented creative team is brought in to develop these projects so that they can be the best films and TV shows that they can be. I can’t wait to see what comes of this!

Are you a fan of MYST? Are you excited about these plans? What are you hoping to see from it?