As Hollywood looks to supercharge streaming services, more and more video games are getting the TV treatment, from Netflix's "Assassin's Creed" to HBO's "The Last of Us."
Game-based movies, on the other hand, have a long history of commercial and critical failure.
But while the latest video-game movie "Uncharted" flopped with critics, receiving a 40% Rotten Tomatoes critic score, it's off to a solid start with audiences. It has a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and it topped the box office over the holiday weekend with $51 million.
"Uncharted" and other recent game-based movie hits like "Detective Pikachu" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" suggest there's still gas left in the tank for big screen video-game adaptations. At least, that's what Hollywood is hoping, as a handful of high-profile video-game movies are coming soon or are in the works.
They include "Sonic the Hedgehog 2," which hits theaters in April; Sony's "Ghost of Tsushima," and a "Beyond Good and Evil" movie for Netflix that's based on the 2003 Ubisoft game.
Below are eight upcoming video-game movies, in alphabetical order: