One of the biggest questions we’ve gotten in the last few years is “When are you going to make a Ratchet & Clank movie?” The truth is, we’ve wanted to do a movie for a long time! Ratchet & Clank’s action, humor and galaxy-spanning adventures have really been the basis for a fantastic game series, and we think it’d translate perfectly to the big screen.
We’ve been looking for the right partner to help us bring a Ratchet & Clank movie to life, and we’re thrilled to announce that Blockade Entertainment and Rainmaker Entertainment are currently in production on Ratchet & Clank’s first cinematic adventure. Insomniac is honored to play a hands-on role with the film’s production, screenplay, character development, and animation consulting. Furthermore, our own Ratchet & Clank writer, T.J. Fixman, who has written all of the recent Ratchet & Clank games, is writing the script for the film as well.
But don’t take my word for it — check out our teaser above.
In additional celebration of the film’s announcement and to tide you over until the premiere, we’ll be offering a sale on all Ratchet & Clank games on PSN the week of April 30 – more details to come! Speaking of more details to come, we know you’re still patiently waiting for Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault and Ratchet: Deadlocked. While we don’t have any news to share today, stay tuned!
There will be much to come on the Ratchet & Clank movie as we get farther into production and closer to its release. Thanks for all your support of the franchise over the last 10 years, without you, there wouldn’t be a movie!
Why is Sony’s own Sony Pictures Animation not doing this? They are fantastic for this type of work.
The movie business is crazy at times. We’re super stoked to be partnering with Rainmaker though and getting to be super hands-on
Insomniac……..You’re my hero…
Congratulations Insomniac :)
I’m so happy to hear!, But where is my FFA for Vita!? I’m still waiting, and a ps3 benefit doesn’t make up for a ps vita SUPER DELAY
Sorry not to have news about that today as well. Stay tuned. Hoping to be able to share soon
Cool stuff. Any chance we might get a real Ratchet game by 2015? Even if it is a movie game, please let it be Original Ratchet gameplay.
Anything is possible!
@ThreeLeggedFreak Ya, sad to see it wasn’t Sony Pictures Animation
This is awesome! Will definitely be seeing this in theaters! I can’t believe it R&C will be 13 years old by the time it comes out, I remember buying and playing the first one when it came out.
Please be good!!! I think with proper marketing, this could be big!
I think Ratchet looks a little too fuzzy here, but the trailer just made me smile.
Whoa! Fantastic!
ugh…dub step.
Please don’t have dub step in the final movie, thanks.
that was kind of the joke… ;-)
Thats nice.. but where is my Full Frontal for Vita?
Gotta be crankin my chain, this looks funny. My little girl loves watching me play R&C and we will be going to see it for sure.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there gonna be a platinum? :D
This is awesome news, especially seeing that TJ is doing the script. My kid 5 and 6 year old are going to flip when I show them this tonight. :)
The inner child in me just imploded.
brb, hibernating for two years.
I CAN’T WAIT!
I hope you change Ratchet’s model back to what it was in the previous games, it looked much better IMO.
Hopefully this means Sly and Jak will get a movie or something.
The platforming trio has come back! Jak and Sly will be on the Vita and Ratchet is getting a movie!
@James Stevenson – it was funny when Qwark asked for dub step because he’s an idiot (and why he’s awesome), but not funny that it was actually played. My ears certainly aren’t laughing. :p
but that’s the payoff to the joke
This may be the best piece of news ever reported on this blog.
This looks fantastic. I’m excited to hear that the games will be going on sale come the 30th, as Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal are the only two Ratchet games I don’t own digitally.
Keep up the brilliant work guys. There’s a reason I continue to support Insomniac. Fuse is going to rock.
Sooooo, full length R&C adventure for PS4 confirmed! ;p
YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! I LOVE RATCHET AND CLANK! You guys are awesome!
My mind is truly boggled; this AND Avengers 2 in the same year???
Lets just hope its not like the Legond of Spyro movie that got canceled. sounds like a great idea but we shall see what happens. @James Stevenson what do you think?
Don’t know anything about any Spyro movies. Just know we’re involved and we want it to be as awesome as it can be
This movie couldn’t come out any sooner.
@James – okay. T_T
I’ve been itching to play some Ratchet lately, this is amazing news!
Super stoked for this movie! I didnt think it was actually happening :D looks very well done from the teaser, can’t wait for the final movie, maybe it will beat out Avengers 2 :o!
Awesome News! Looking forward to this and the new Star Wars movies!
yesssss, keep the quality writing from the games and this movie will be awesome.
Looking forward to this quite a bit. The games are amazing, and this should be too.
Awesome!
Awesome news
That’s not the original Ratchet voice actor, is it?
:(
It’s James Arnold Taylor who has played him since the PS2 games
Please let Dr. Nefarious be the villain. Squishies on the big screen
Chairman Drek is the main villain!
Omg. This awesome new!
Can’t wait and can’t wait in game graphic like this on PS4 a game of Ratchet And Clank!!!
@34 actually it is
OMG, super excited…can’t wait to take my son to this, he should be 5 by then. Only thing that can make this announcement better would be Full Frontal Assault for Vita going live.
you guys just made my day. i’m definitely seeing that movie on midnight release. :D
I bet you there will be a scene in the beginning showing a silhouette of Kaden sending a baby Ratchet away to the Solana Galaxy.
Now we need info on the R&C Collection coming to the Vita. We have Jak on the way, the ESRB has a rating for the Sly Collection, so we have 2 out of 3 in the holy trinity of PS2 platformers. Come on! :)
OMG YES!
This is fantastic news i dont go to the movie theater anymore because we prefer to watch the movies at home now but for Ratchet and Clank i will go to watch it on the theater, please Insomniac bring a full fledge Ratchet and Clank game similar to A Crack in Time to the ps4 and psvita, both versions developed by you guys
and one last request Resistance 4 MUST happen on the ps4 and please bring a better Resistance game to the vita as well, to me Resistance is the best exclusive shooter franchise.
Drek is the bad guy?
Is he back from the dead or is this just a movie version of ratchet 1?
It’s sort of a retelling and re-fleshing out of the origin story, if that makes sense
3 Questions:
1) How long is the movie going to be?
2) Will there be any mention of the life stream?
3) Resistance Fall of Man Movie?
I’m excited ^^ hopefully we’ll see a new R&C game and I’m really excited about FUSE.
@44 – sounds like it.
*sigh* just realized my reply wasn’t helpful.
@44 – sounds like it’s a movie version of Ratchet 1. :p
@47
Dammit!
This is amazing news. When I played through A Crack in Time, I thought that it would make a great movie. It had it all: the action, the art style, the humor, the characters.
I hope in 2015, we’ll also get a true sequel to ACiT because it is by far the best in the franchise and the PS4 would make R&C even better.
2015????????
movies take time in the oven! especially CG ones!