A live-action film based on the popular arcade game Pac-Man is in development from Bandai Namco Entertainment and Wayfarer Studios.
First developed in 1980 by Japanese firm Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Pac-Man has the player controlling the titular yellow orb that navigates through a maze and is chased by four colorful ghosts.
The new movie has an original idea sonic the hedgehogLightbeam Entertainment’s G Producer Chuck Williams. Wayfarer Studio’s Justin Baldoni, Manu Gargi and Andrew Caloff will also produce for Lightbeam with Chuck Williams and Tim Kwok.
Notably, two television shows inspired by Pac-Man have been released before. saturday morning cartoon Hanna-Barbera to Pac-Manwhich aired on ABC from 1982 to 1983, was the first while a CG-animated series titled Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Premiered on Disney XD in 2013.
Notably, the live-action version of Pac-Man also appeared in the 2015 Adam Sandler-starrer pixels,