Hollywood, it has to be said, is having a serious moment with video game adaptations at the moment. With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie making huge waves at the box office, and both Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter are returning to the big screen later this year. However, the studio behind the Avatar films has just announced that they have acquired the film rights to one of the most popular games on the Roblox platform, and that is a sentence we never thought we’d have to type.

 For folks who don’t have young gamers in their house, Roblox is an online platform that allows fans to create their own games, which can be played by people around the world. Millions of people use the platform every day to play any number of the millions of games available. While the playerbase on Roblox skews young (perhaps worryingly so), there is no shortage of horror games to be played there. That includes 99 Nights in the Forest, a game that has been played by millions of people since it launched in March 2025.

The premise of the game is suitably horrific. Players must survive 99 nights in a haunted forest while avoiding dangerous animals and trying to find four lost children. 99 Nights in the Forest has proven popular enough to get the attention of 20th Century Studios, the studio behind James Cameron’s Avatar films, and they recently announced that they have purchased the film rights to the game from developers Grandma’s Favourite Games. 

No release date for the 99 Nights in the Forest has been announced, nor does it have either a writer or a director attached yet. However, the founders of the game studio have been confirmed as executive producers on the movie.

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