Sony creating a Sly Cooper film

CG animated film coming to theaters in 2016

Posted on Jan 28, 2014 - 1:08pm EST

Sony has announced plans to release a CG animated film based on one of its popular franchises - Sly Cooper.

Based on one of PlayStation’s most popular franchises, Sly Cooper is a comedic heist film that tells the story of Sly Cooper, an orphaned raccoon thief, and the adventures of his childhood friends and partners in crime, Bentley Turtle and Murray Hippo. In the film, Sly learns that he comes from a long line of talented, international thieves, and is catapulted into a global adventure. Sly races to reassemble pieces of an ancient book holding the Cooper clan’s family secrets before it can fall into the hands of Clockwerk — an evil metallic owl bent on ending the Cooper family line.

The Sly Cooper release is slated for 2016. The film will also be released in 3D. Sony is also working on an animated film based on Ratchet and Clank franchise.