Video games and movies are getting closer and closer together, but a new report has suggested Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney will star in an adaptation of this year's Split FictionTech15:09, 25 Apr 2025Updated 15:11, 25 Apr 2025Split Fiction is one of 2025's most critically-acclaimed games(Image: Hazelight Studios/EA)After years of flops and middling adaptations, movies and TV projects based on video games have never been better.OK, so the Borderlands movie wasn't great, but The Last of Us' TV show, Cyberpunk 2077's Edgerunners animation, and The Super Mario Movie are all great — and that's to say nothing of the trilogy of Sonic movies and box-office smash The Minecraft Movie and its viral 'Chicken Jockey' moment.‌That pipeline doesn't look set to slow down just yet, either, as a new report has suggested Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney is being lined up for a leading role in an adaptation of 2025's Split Fiction.Article continues belowSweeney is one of Hollywood's rising stars(Image: Getty Images)That's not to discount the fantastic games that have already launched in 2025, of which one of our favourites so far is Split Fiction.According to Variety, Sweeney will star in the project, which will be helmed by Jon M. Chu, who recently directed the musical adaptation Wicked.‌Adding even more star power to the mix, the script is being penned by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who were screenwriters on Deadpool & Wolverine — one of 2024's biggest box office success stories.Split Fiction is likely to be one of GTA 6's biggest rivals for Game of the Year(Image: Hazelight Studios/EA)‌In the game, two writers are thrust into a world where their creations come to life. With two protagonists, Variety says there is no word on whether Sweeney will play sci-fi writer Mio, or fantasy author Zoe, and also doesn't give any indication as to who she'll star opposite.Jon M. Chu has directed Wicked, In the Heights, Crazy Rich Asians and more(Image: Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine I)The movie will be produced by Story Kitchen, which has previously worked on the Sonic movie trilogy, and marks the second project Sweeney is attached to based on a video game after reports of an OutRun movie earlier this week which she will produce but not star in.Article continues belowAs for the game itself, the co-op title is an adventure that exceeds even the scope of its predecessor It Takes Two, earning top marks in our review. We said: "I could write about Split Fiction for another few thousand words and still not cover everything that made me smile."As with 2024's Astro Bot, it's bursting at the seams with a Nintendo-like playfulness, an excited child opening a toybox to show you everything it can, and yet with a more measured pacing that stops it running out of breath."For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.‌‌‌