"The Sims" Is Getting A Movie Adaptation And Will Be Produced By Margot Robbie, So Naturally Fans Are Freaking Out About It

    I, for one, will be sat.

    Lauren Garafano
    by Lauren Garafano

    BuzzFeed Staff

    It's no secret that Barbie was one of the biggest movies of 2023, and a lot of that success is due to Margot Robbie's involvement in front of and behind the camera.

    Margot in a strapless shimmering gown posing on the red carpet at an Oscar event
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    Margot once said that she assured Mattell that Barbie would make a billion dollars before the movie was even greenlit. "I was like, 'And now you’ve got Barbie and Greta Gerwig,'" she explained. "And I think I told them that it’d make a billion dollars, which maybe I was overselling, but we had a movie to make, okay?!" Last summer, Barbie made over $1.03 billion in global box office sales, becoming the first solo female-directed film ever to do this. 

    And now her production company, LuckyChap, has found their next project: The Sims.

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    Since it's debut in 2000, The Sims has become one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. 

    Per Variety, a film adaptation of the hit EA video game The Sims is currently in the works and will be produced by LuckyChap and Vertigo Entertainment.

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    Margot heads LuckyChap alongside her husband, Tom Ackerley, and Josey McNamara. 

    Kate Herron, who's best known for directing the first season of Loki, is set to direct the movie and write the script alongside Briony Redman.

    Kate Herron at an event wearing a floral blouse and a blazer
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    There aren't any details about the movie's plot yet, but many Sims fans are wondering if the game's infamous Bella Goth mystery will be included. Only time will tell!

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    Naturally, people are ELATED by the news:

    Margot Robbie after hearing about the Bella Goth mystery pic.twitter.com/FbdZBCWXXX

    — Dick (@DireDick) March 21, 2024
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    Person in bed gesticulating dramatically, referring to characters from the Sims video game series
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    Kate Middleton in a red coat smiling with a picture of Bella Goth from The Sims game, tweet hints Kate will portray her
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    comment reads, if this happens i want a full sims album of artists singing their songs in simlish
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    Paris Hilton in a jacket with fur collar holding The Sims Online game box at a premiere
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    Meme of a distressed woman reacting to a scenario where a Sims game kitchen catches fire and doors vanish
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    Fantasia Barrino passionately sings into a microphone on stage with a comment reading, margot robbie? oh she taking simoleon
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    same production team as saltburn? i dont wanna see anyone draining don lotario's hot tub
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    So, what do you think about The Sims movie? And more importantly, who do you think should be cast in it? Let us know in the comments.

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