Ubisoft has apparently put its live-action driver series on hold

There’s a pretty good chance that, like many of us, you had no idea that Ubisoft was working on an adaptation of the Driver series with startup streaming service Binge – no, not that Binge. The other one. The series was officially announced back in 2021.

If you was I wanted to see a live-action exploration of the story of John Tanner (I thought his name was just Driver). The bad news is that the series apparently won’t continue, at least not in the same form or with the same partners.

In a report (behind a paywall) by Game File’s Stephen Totilo, who did the work of combing through all 356 pages of Ubisoft’s annual report, it is revealed that the company has shut down a subsidiary related to its film/TV activities, which was presumably created for the purposes of the Driver series. Ubisoft has since confirmed to Game File that the show is no longer going ahead with Binge.

“We are discontinuing our partnership with the Binge for a Driver series,” a company spokesperson confirmed.

That’s not the end of Driver, however, as it seems that Ubisoft is still exploring the franchise, although it remains to be seen if this will continue to happen via videos or with new video game projects. “We are actively working on other exciting projects related to the franchise and can’t wait to share more information in the future,” the Ubisoft spokesperson confirmed to Game File (thanks VGC).

This news comes just a few weeks after Ubisoft hinted that filming had finally begun on the long-awaited Watch Dogs movie, so it definitely seems like the company’s video ambitions are here to stay.

The update came in the form of an image posted to Ubi’s social media, showing a clapperboard crediting director Mathieu Turi (The Deep Dark, Meander), while behind it was a blurry image of a person sitting at a computer in a dimly lit room – very Watch Dogs-esque.

Although this image doesn’t reveal much else, thanks to recent reporting from Deadline, we know that two up-and-coming stars have joined the film: Tom Blyth (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds”) and Australian actress Sophie Wilde, known from “Talk to Me”.