Sydney Sweeney Plunges Into Video Game Mayhem in Big-Screen Adaptation of ‘Split Fiction’

Sydney Sweeney is headed into a world of danger, imagination — and split-screen chaos. The rising star has officially signed on to lead the film adaptation of the hit co-op video game Split Fiction, with Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu at the helm and Deadpool & Wolverine writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on script duty.

The buzzed-about project is being packaged by Story Kitchen, the team behind the Sonic the Hedgehog movies and Netflix’s new Tomb Raider series, with Sweeney also stepping in as executive producer.

Released just last month by Hazelight Studios and Electronic Arts, Split Fiction rocketed past 2 million copies sold in its first week and instantly drew attention from Hollywood. At its heart is a wildly original premise: two fantasy authors — Mio and Zoe — are magically pulled into the fictional worlds they’ve created, each facing battles, puzzles, and moral dilemmas shaped by their own imaginations.

Now, the movie adaptation is promising to bring that dual-reality tension to the big screen. Sources say Sweeney will play either Mio or Zoe, though her specific role hasn’t yet been finalized. What is confirmed? The role will stretch her dramatically and physically — blending sci-fi stakes, dark fantasy, and emotional depth. Think Inception meets Everything Everywhere All at Once, with a dash of Scott Pilgrim flair.

The game’s unique split-screen mechanic, where players control both characters with divergent abilities and perspectives, became a standout feature in its gameplay — and is expected to influence the film’s visual style in groundbreaking ways.

Producer Mike Goldberg called the adaptation “one of the boldest genre-bending projects we’ve ever tackled,” while Chu teased that the film will “explore the power of stories — and the chaos when they fight back.”

Hollywood insiders say the project is already the subject of a fierce bidding war between major studios and streamers, with a deal expected to land soon. Between the all-star creative team and the source material’s cult success, Split Fiction is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious video game adaptations in years.

For Sweeney — whose dramatic range has taken her from Euphoria to Immaculate and who’s already booked for upcoming thrillers like Echo Valley and Barbarella — Split Fiction marks a leap into full-scale fantasy action.

And with It Takes Two and Streets of Rage also on Story Kitchen’s fast-expanding slate, it’s clear: the video game cinematic universe is no longer a punchline. It’s Hollywood’s hottest source of IP — and Sweeney just became its latest avatar.