Sony announced today that their furry thief of a mascot, Sly Cooper , will be getting a movie deal. The fully animated film will release in 2016, and will be a “kinetic and comedic heist film.” Sounds like someone is getting a little Dreamworksy up in here. Kevin Monroe is attached to write the screenplay and direct the film. You may remember him from 2007’s TMNT . Whether or not that makes you look favorably on this project, is a matter of personal taste.
Here’s what Sony had to say about the plot of the Sly Cooper project:
Sly learns of his birth family’s secret legacy; that he comes from a long line of talented and international thieves. Endowed with this knowledge, Sly and his friends are catapulted into a global adventure as they race to reassemble pieces of an ancient book holding The Cooper Clan’s family secrets before it can fall into the hands of Clockwerk – an evil Russian metallic owl bent on ending the Cooper family line. From romantic Parisian backdrops to the lush mountains of China, gritty film noir meets bright, colorful graphic novels in this origin story of the world’s greatest thief-turned-hero.
Source: Sony Press Release