{"id":529586,"date":"2026-04-14T02:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529586\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T02:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:25:11","slug":"99-nights-in-the-forest-movie-in-the-works-at-20th-century-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529586\/","title":{"rendered":"’99 Nights in the Forest’ Movie in the Works at 20th Century Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe mega-popular Roblox<\/a> game \u201c99 Nights in the Forest<\/a>\u201d is being developed into a feature film at 20th Century Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a highly competitive bid, the studio secured the theatrical film rights to the title, developed by Grandma\u2019s Favourite Games and hosted on Roblox. There is no writer or director attached at this time, but the game\u2019s developers \u2014 Alec Kieft, Matthew Hufton and Cameron Angland \u2014 will serve as executive producers on the movie. J.R. Young will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased last May, \u201c99 Nights in the Forest\u201d is an action-survival game where players must brave 99 nights in, you guessed it, a haunted forest. The mission: rescue four lost children while fending off vicious deer and other beasts. In less than a year, the game has become the seventh-most-played of all time on Roblox, with nearly 26 billion lifetime visits and a player rating of 90.6%. The game has an all-time peak player count of 14.2 million (ranking No. 3 on the platform) and frequently hosts hundreds of thousands of concurrent players. As of this post, the game is listed among the top 10 most popular games (No. 6) and the top-earning games.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal is the latest effort by the studio, led by David Greenbaum, president of Disney live action and 20th Century Studios, and Steve Asbell, president of 20th Century Studios, to build a genre-diverse slate.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe team at Grandma\u2019s Favourite Games are exactly the kind of bold, imaginative creators we love working with at 20th Century Studios, with world building ideas that feel innately cinematic,\u201d said Greenbaum in a statement announcing the project. \u201c\u201999 Nights in the Forest\u2019 has already connected with millions of players worldwide, and we\u2019re excited to build on that foundation for audiences everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGrandma\u2019s Favourite Games is a partnership comprised of three New Zealand-based creators \u2014 Kieft (game designer \u201cCracky4\u2033), Hufton (programmer \u201cForyxeV\u201d) and Angland (environment and asset creation \u201cViridial\u201d) \u2014 who have worked together to create some of the most popular games on Roblox. Founded in 2020, the game development community now boasts more than 10 million members.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGrowing up, Disney and 20th films were a huge part of our childhood, so collaborating with such legendary and enduring studios feels surreal,\u201d the trio stated. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to explore the world of \u201999 Nights in the Forest\u2019 on a broader stage and to create some scares in an entirely new medium.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGrandma\u2019s Favourite Games is represented by Pryor Cashman. 20th Century Studios\u2019 Michelle Kamme is credited with closing the deal on behalf of the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mega-popular Roblox game \u201c99 Nights in the Forest\u201d is being developed into a feature film at 20th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[71750,183444,96,2839,53428,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-529586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-20th-century-studios","9":"tag-99-nights-in-the-forest","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-roblox","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}