System Shock TV adaptation will be helmed by writer of last year's Mortal Kombat movie

Last October brought the new that LookingGlass Technologies' cult-classic 1994 sci-fi horror System Shock was to be the latest entry in a rapidly ballooning list of video games getting the live-action TV adaptation treatment - and it's now been revealed that Greg Russo, writer of last year's Mortal Kombat movie, will be handling its transition to television.

The show - which will retell the story of the Citadel space station and its rogue AI, SHODAN - is a collaboration between Nightdive Studios, which currently holds the System Shock license, and Binge.com, an "immersive streaming platform created for the gaming universe".

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