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Lots of games have been made into movies or have announced plans to become films, and now Facepunch’s survival game Rust could join them. Alistair McFarlane, the director and COO of Facepunch, told PC Gamer that the studio has been “talking to people” about adapting Rust for a film.
However, it’s still early days, and there is “nothing concrete” in the works as of yet. McFarlane did not name any potential partners outright but said “big-name companies” are in the mix.
No one should expect Facepunch to announce a Rust movie deal anytime soon, though, as McFarlane said Hollywood can move “very slow.”
Part of what takes so long is the pitching and approval process, McFarlane said, calling out how there are many hurdles and layers to clear before anything actually gets going.
“Between every step of that, there’s about 50 people trying to scam you,” Facepunch founder Garry Newman added. “It has to be someone that you really trust and can count on.”
Another element at play here is how some Hollywood companies are trying to obtain the Rust movie rights simply so another studio can’t have them, and that’s something that Facepunch is taking into account. “What we’ve seen is a lot of
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