Star Wars: Clone Wars writer is adapting Obsidian's Grounded for TV

Grounded bee
(Image credit: Obsidian)

An animated Grounded TV show is in the works from Star Wars: Clone Wars writer Brent Friedman.

According to Deadline, the Grounded TV adaptation will take place in the same terrifying world as the Xbox backyard survival game, which was developed by Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian and follows a group of teens who have to survive after being shrunken to the size of ants.

The TV series is based around a similar premise, with four high school friends planning "big things" who inadvertently end up shrinking themselves. Just like the game, they'll be tasked with surviving against now-enormous predators like ants and other common backyard inhabitants, as well as untangling a big ol' corporate conspiracy that threatens the safety of their whole town.

The Xbox game is being adapted for TV by Friedman and Brien Goodrich, who worked on the Halo video game series as art lead and cinematic director from 2008-2019. Other details, like the cast, the rest of the creative team, and specific plot details are still under wraps.

It's hard to keep with all the video games being adapted for film and TV lately, from the recently released Resident Evil Netflix series and Halo TV show to the Chris Pratt-led Mario movie and the Borderlands film adaptation, as well as so, so many more.

Grounded the video game, meanwhile, is finally getting its full launch in September 2022.

For a complete list of big screen adaptations, here are all of the upcoming video game movies we know about and, for what to watch now, check out the best video game movies ever.

Jordan Gerblick

After scoring a degree in English from ASU, I worked as a copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. Now, as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer, I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my apartment, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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