Ubisoft’s cult series returns, but without a film adaptation. The company is “actively working on other exciting projects” related to the Driver series

Fans of the Driver series have to swallow a bitter pill. It turns out that the collaboration between Ubisoft and the streaming platform Binge has been announced in 2021, which was supposed to lead to a live-action adaptation of this cult series, has ended. The information was first reported by the Game File service (via VGC).

The journalist of the mentioned website, Stephen Totilo, claims that The reason for the termination of the cooperation between the two companies is the closure of the Binge platform.

However, one consolation for disappointed fans could be that Ubisoft still has high hopes for the popular brand. A company representative said The company is “actively working” on “other exciting franchise projects” and looks forward to “sharing more information in the future.” Maybe this means that in some time we will not see a series adaptation, but a full-fledged game.

As a reminder, the last major installment in the series, launched in 1999, is Driver: San Francisco. The game by Ubisoft was released in 2011 and received a positive reception from both industry critics and players themselves. On the Metacritic website, the average rating of these first games is 80/100 (based on 63 reviews). The community rating is on average 8.2/10.