A Fortnite movie is coming. No, that's not an announcement, though there have been rumors of a Fortnite movie for some time now. But it's practically a foregone conclusion that one of the biggest names in entertainment, a brand with its hand in basically every intellectual property money pit right now, from Star Wars to Marvel and much more, is going to get a movie. It's merely a matter of time.
One could argue that a movie is an old-fashioned way of doing things. Fortnite already features some incredible cinematic live events that players can live through themselves, which ends up feeling quite like being in a Fortnite movie already. But I do think, even in this weird era for movie theaters, that a Fortnite movie would be massive. It's important to capitalize on the game's still sky-high popularity, lest Epic Games and partners risk launching it when the game is losing steam, like the Angry Birds Movie.
With so many crossovers and characters constantly coming to Fortnite, no doubt a Fortnite movie would be packed full of more collaborations than Ready Player One, but for this exercise, I'm going to focus just on Fortnite's homegrown heroes and largely pull from the most important characters in Fortnite lore, such as Jonesy, Doctor Slone, and Midas. Whether it's a live-action adaptation or an animated feature with a star-studded voice cast, here's who I envision as the stars of the inevitable Fortnite movie.
Jonesy - Tom Holland
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Holland is already the famous face of Spider-Man and Nathan Drake on the big screen, but if you think he can't also play the main character of the Fortnite movie, I'd have to guess you haven't heard what Chris Pratt's been up to. Holland suits Jonesy's mix of a young everyman with some jokey reluctant hero tropes that he's already doing well in his other movies. As with his role as Drake, he's also young enough to play Jonesy for the years of sequels to come.
The Foundation - The Rock
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No need to get cute here. The Rock is already playing the muscular leader of The Seven in Fortnite, and there's every reason to think he'd fulfill that role in the movie version too. The Rock has star power like few others, appealing to both kids and adults dating back to his WWF days. It's a shine he's never really lost, and he'd play off of Holland perfectly in the same buddy-cop way that The Foundation and Jonesy already do in the game.
Doctor Slone - Jasmin Savoy Brown
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Jasmine Savoy Brown's last half-decade has seen her catapulted into the upper echelon of young stars, and hers is a star still rising. She's already flexed her ability to play complicated morally dubious characters in projects like The Leftovers, Scream, and Yellowjackets, so she'd fit right in as the probably evil, but maybe misunderstood Doctor Slone.
The Cube Queen - Carrie-Anne Moss
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Coming off back-to-back high-profile roles in The Matrix Resurrections and Horizon Forbidden West, Carrie Ann Moss makes a lot of sense as the formidable Cube Queen. This is a character who may not appear in the first Fortnite movie, assuming it rehashes the story to a predictable degree, but Moss would make for a big name attached to the sequel in the way studios love to do, and she's got the commanding energy the Cube Queen demands.