Nexon and Chernin to adapt Arc Raiders and The Finals for film and TV

Chernin Entertainment has secured the rights to adapt the video games Arc Raiders and The Finals for film and television under an agreement with Nexon, the parent company of developer and publisher Embark Studios. The deal was reported by Variety and confirmed in press releases from the companies, which said the two franchises will be turned into films and TV shows. Embark founder and CEO Patrick Söderlund said the agreement is “the next big step in growing ARC Raiders and THE FINALS into deeply integrated transmedia experiences that reward the passion of our global player community,” adding that Embark's creative teams will work closely with Chernin “to ensure the creativity that defines both of these properties extends into all-new formats.” [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]

David Ready, Chernin Entertainment's president of film, said the games are “exactly the kind of opportunities we've been building towards at Chernin Entertainment,” describing them as “ambitious global IP with the potential to become major franchises across film and television.” Chernin was founded in 2009 and has co-produced the Planet of the Apes series, Fear Street and Backrooms, according to Polygon and GamesRadar+, and Engadget noted it also produced The Madness and The Last House for Netflix. Polygon reported Chernin is currently co-producing a Mega Man adaptation with Capcom for Netflix. [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]

Few specifics were announced. IGN reported there are no release dates and that the projects are likely years away, and Engadget wrote that there were no details beyond the press releases. GamesRadar+ said it is not clear whether both games will get both a film and a TV adaptation, or whether Chernin plans one game for television and the other for film. Polygon noted that Embark executive producer Aleksander Grondal said in a September interview that the studio was in talks to take Arc Raiders to other mediums and was still in an “early phase” at the time. Engadget reported Embark will be involved “in some capacity.” [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]

Arc Raiders, a third-person extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic future where machines called Arcs have claimed the surface, sold more than 16 million copies after its release on Oct. 30, 2025, according to Polygon. IGN reported the game was one of the biggest of 2025 but has lost some steam in recent months because of a lack of steady content updates, and that Embark plans to test a player-versus-environment mode later this month, with no guarantee it will become permanent. The Finals, released in 2023, is a free-to-play shooter set inside a virtual-reality game show, GamesRadar+ and Engadget reported. Polygon said Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update is due on Oct. 8, 2026, adding a map, additional enemies and “amplified weapons.” [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]

Engadget wrote that neither title is known for narrative experiences, meaning filmmakers “can pretty much do whatever they want” as long as the world-building stays intact. It said the company appears to be proposing a couple of shared cinematic universes, which it described as conjecture, and placed the deal in the context of other game adaptations, including Helldivers, Elden Ring and Call of Duty. [ 4 ]