The announcement of a TV show adaptation of Life Is Strange by Amazon led the original game’s writer, Christian Divine, to comment (via IGN) that “the only people not involved are the creators.”
Divine served as lead writer on Life is Strange, created by French studio DON’T NOD in 2015. The narrative adventure was well received and garnered a loyal following, leading Divine to return for the game’s sequel in 2019.
But Divine or anyone else who worked on the original game were not mentioned in Amazon’s announcement last week, which instead noted that the adaptation would be produced by Square Enix, the rights holder for the Life is Strange franchise, as well as LuckyChap, a film and TV production company co-founded by Margot Robbie, and Story Kitchen.
Amazon’s press release for the new series does not mention DON’T NOD, despite referencing Max, Chloe, and Arcadia Bay. Instead, the release spends the bulk of its time on the involvement of Charlie Covell, from The End of the F***ing World, as creator and showrunner.
However, it’s worth noting that DON’T NOD and Square Enix publicly parted ways following the release of Life is Strange 2, with the former team re-establishing itself as DON’T NOD Montreal to work on the similar Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. Square Enix, however, which has always owned the Life is Strange intellectual property, continued the franchise with several games developed by Deck Nine Games.
