During a presentation aimed at investors, CD Projekt 's commercial director , Michał Nowakowski , hinted at the possibility of future collaborations with the TRIGGER animation studios . This Tokyo-based company was responsible for the animation of “ Cyberpunk: Edgerunners ” last year, a production that became a streaming hit on Netflix and contributed to the increase in sales of Cyberpunk 2077.
Nowakowski shared that CD Projekt has big plans to expand the franchise beyond the development of the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, known as “Project Orion.” This includes a live-action project based on the Cyberpunk 2077 universe that is in the early stages of development. During a Q&A session following the presentation, Nowakowski was asked to provide more details about CD Projekt's plans to expand the franchise beyond video games, considering the success of "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners."
“ Yes, we have plans. That's why we have started collaborating with Anonymous Content on the live-action project. We want things to happen ,” expressed Nowakowski. “ There is a lot going on, there are a lot of plans. Trigger was involved in 2018, but 'Edgerunners' started in 2022, so for several years we didn't talk about this because it wasn't ready. We have plans that we prefer to keep secret until there is something concrete to discuss .”
Lead Creative Director Adam Badowski added: “ It is also important to mention that TRIGGER, our partner, has certain policies for announcing projects and we must adhere to them .” If CD Projekt is working on another Cyberpunk project in collaboration with TRIGGER, it may not be additional content for “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.” In an interview with Famitsu in October last year, Satoru Honma, producer of the anime and manager of CD Projekt Red in Japan, stated that there were no plans to continue the story.
“ Personally, I would like to continue collaborating with Japanese studios to create more anime in the future, in part because of the excellent reception we have had ,” he commented. “ However, to be clear, 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' was conceived as a standalone project, so there's no 'we're secretly working on a second season.' Even if we make more anime in the future, I don't know if it would be a second season or something completely different .”
In other news presented during the same session, CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński announced that Cyberpunk 2077 has surpassed 25 million copies sold since its release in December 2020, meaning it is selling “much faster.” than The Witcher 3 upon its release. CFO Piotr Nielubowicz revealed that the “Phantom Liberty” expansion sold three million copies in its first week of availability.
Source: VGC
