Margot Robbie’s The Sims Movie Must Avoid a Damning Mistake ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Made

After years of anticipation, The Sims movie has finally entered into the development phase with Barbie star Margot Robbie attached to the project as producer. The popular video game franchise kicked off as a spin-off from the SimCity series, and the original title debuted way back in February 2000.

Despite the game’s simplistic nature, many have called for a Sims movie for years. With one finally on the horizon, fans of the franchise are all aboard the hype train! However, if it wants to achieve success, it must not make the same blunder as the upcoming Minecraft movie.

The Sims Movie Must Learn From Minecraft‘s Adaptation Failures

There’s no doubt that Minecraft stands as one of the most successful games of all time, topping the sheets of the best-selling video games ever and receiving tons of ports on different platforms. It even has several spin-offs, like Minecraft Dungeons and the short-lived Minecraft Legends.

Now, Minecraft is all set to make its big-screen debut with A Minecraft Movie next year and finally received its first official trailer on YouTube. However, gamers are concerned. The film shows live-action characters invade an uber-realistic Minecraft world, where cubic monsters have skins and fur textures dialed to the next level.

This unusual, uncanny concoction has been criticized by many, especially when you consider the fact that we’ve just received fully animated adaptations of blockbusters like The Super Mario Bros and Sonic. What’s worse is that even though Jack Black is widely beloved, his look in the film doesn’t match Steve’s.

It’s crucial for The Sims movie to learn from Minecraft‘s adaptation failures. If the movie wants to achieve the same success as its competitors, it must follow the path of animation. We can’t stress enough that certain games don’t work as live-action adaptations, and The Sims clearly falls into that category.

An animated Sims film can perfectly capture the franchise’s whimsical and exaggerated style and push the creative boundaries for storytelling. Animating such a video game can allow Margot Robbie and her team to represent the quirky moments that define the franchise.

When is The Sims Movie Coming Out?

If you’re a longtime fan of the life simulation franchise, played the first title back in the day, or never played it before, there’s a high chance you’re wondering when The Sims movie is coming out.

As much as we’d love to tell you about The Sims‘ release date, the unfortunate truth is that we still don’t know much about the project. However, considering the fact that it was announced in March 2024, it’s looking less likely that we’ll see the movie hitting screens in 2025. We’ll have to wait and see when a release date is finally given to us.

If you’re unaware, the upcoming Minecraft movie, which is all set to release in April 2025, was in development hell for over a decade before Warner Bros. greenlit the adaptation’s production.

In May 2024, it was reported that Amazon MGM had received the distribution rights for The Sims movie, which might indicate that a release date reveal is right around the corner.

With that said, what would you like to see in The Sims movie? Let us know in the comments below.