Director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, left, and Director Tyler Gillett on the set of Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s ‘Scream VI.’
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- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are considering a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ movie.
- Tom Bissell wrote the script.
- 20th Century Studios is backing the film.
Long-running adventure book series ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ has been in development as a movie for a while now at 20th Century Studios.
It finally seems to be ready to take a step forward on its own script-to-screen adventure, as Deadline brings word that ‘Ready or Not’ directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are on to bring it to life.
Tom Bissell (‘Andor’) has adapted the script from the popular books (more on that below).
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What’s the story of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’?
(L to R) Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett on the set of ‘Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’. Photo by Searchlight Pictures/Pief Weyman, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2026 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
The series officially launched at Bantam Books in 1979 with ‘The Cave of Time’, a book by Edward Packard, who had ideated a novel branching-story concept while telling bedtime stories to his daughters. Between 1997 and 1999, more than 184 of these gamebooks were published from 30 different authors, with stories set everywhere from the ocean to outer space and myriad fantasy worlds.
There’s no word on what storyline the movie will choose.
What else are Radio Silence working on?
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are currently in pre-production on a fourth outing for ‘The Mummy’, with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz back in their roles. The movie is due in theaters on October 15 next year.
(L to R) Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in ‘The Mummy.’ Photo: Universal Pictures.