Sony Pictures dropped some exciting news at CinemaCon 2026. The beloved gothic horror video game Bloodborne is getting an R-rated animated film adaptation. According to a Variety report, the film will stay “very true” to the gory, nightmarish spirit that made the game so iconic. And honestly, that is exactly what fans needed to hear.
For the uninitiated, Bloodborne is a gothic action horror game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Players step into the role of a Hunter navigating the cursed city of Yharnam. The city is ravaged by a mysterious blood-borne illness that has turned its citizens into violent, deranged beasts.
Bloodborne is actually the second FromSoftware title being adapted for the screen. Elden Ring was picked up earlier by A24 for a film adaptation. Unlike the Elden Ring movie, though, the Bloodborne film will be animated.
The project is co-produced by PlayStation Productions and Lyrical Animation, with Lyrical Media also co-financing alongside Sony Pictures. YouTube creator Seán McLoughlin, better known as JackSepticEye, is also on board as a co-producer. He has 48 million online followers and has spent years playing and documenting Bloodborne on his channel.
Video game adaptations have quietly become one of Hollywood’s most reliable bets. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is tracking to be one of 2026’s biggest hits. Last year, the Minecraft Movie also performed strongly at the box office.
On the TV side, HBO’s The Last of Us became one of the most acclaimed shows of its year, and Amazon Prime’s Fallout series proved that the format works brilliantly. No release date has been set for Bloodborne yet, but between the R-rating and Sony‘s commitment to keeping it faithful, this one already feels like it is in good hands.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.