HR notes that the goal is to fast-track the launch of a new franchise by adapting the series into live-action for the first time.
Laeta Kalogridis (Terminator Genisys Avatar, White House Down) is working on the script and will executive produce it alongside Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross.
Kirito and an ensemble of diverse characters must fight their way through this hostile environment while making lives for themselves in the fantastical world that is Sword Art Online.