Ubisoft has confirmed that plans for a live-action TV show based on the classic Driver franchise have been canceled. But the good news is that the company is still working on other Driver-related projects.
The information comes from Game File’s Stephen Totilo, who dug through Ubisoft’s latest 356-page annual report. It was a lot of hard work. The article is full of interesting snippets about everything from generative AI to the number of teenagers employed by Ubisoft (I think it’s 14, down from 17 last year).
According to Totilo, Ubisoft has abandoned plans to make a live-action Driver. In 2021, it signed a deal with streaming newcomer Binge to make a live-action version of Driver.
“Partnering with Binge allows us to bring the Driver series directly to the audience that is most passionate about seeing the franchise become a reality,” Binge’s Allan Ungar said at the time.
Since then, the Driver TV show has not been on our screens again.
In the article, Stephen Totillo notes that Hotrod Tanner LLC, a Ubisoft subsidiary named after the game’s protagonist, Tanner, has been shut down.
“We will no longer be pursuing our Driver series partnership with Binge,” a Ubisoft spokesperson told Totilo.
Ubisoft added, “We are actively working on other exciting projects related to the franchise and look forward to sharing more information in the future.”
Exactly what that means is open to speculation, of course. There hasn’t been a new entry in the Driver series in over a decade, the last being 2011’s Driver: San Franciso, a strange but actually quite enjoyable spin on the series that allowed players to own cars. No, I’m not making that up. Well, to be fair, you owned the person driving the car, not the car itself, but still.
It would be great if it were a new game, but it could also be developed into a movie or TV show.
