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Donald Glover to write, direct and star in Netflix's live-action PUBG series

Netflix is developing a live-action PUBG series with Donald Glover writing, directing, starring and producing, joining its Assassin's Creed series and Gears of War film.

By Lola Sprite, Society & Indie Correspondent ·

Edited by Dot Matrix, Editor-in-Chief

A lone armored figure with a rifle stands inside a shrinking orange-lit ring on a beach, watched from a glass gallery of silhouettes.
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Darlings, the marquee at Netflix just lit up with an unexpected name. The streamer is developing a live-action series based on PUBG, the battle royale shooter, and Donald Glover, the creator of Atlanta, will write, direct, star in and executive produce it.1

Glover will not be working alone. His frequent collaborator and sibling, Stephen Glover, is assisting on the project.1

On paper, it is a curious match, and the writer’s own flourish of a grin is warranted. Atlanta was a well-regarded, sometimes experimental meditation on the American dream. PUBG is a game in which 100 players try to shoot one another for loot and the promise of a chicken dinner.1

Here is the interesting part: the game has little story to speak of, so a writer has a mostly blank page to work from.1 The game does hint that its matches are a bloodsport tournament staged for the entertainment of elites.1 That is a detail the series could use, and this writer’s own guess, not anything Netflix has said, is that it might land somewhere near Squid Game or The Hunger Games.

The guest list is thin so far. Beyond Glover himself, there are no casting details and no release window.1 It is also possible the team makes a pilot and Netflix passes on it, as happened with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot at Hulu despite Chloé Zhao’s involvement, which is a reminder that nothing is certain this early.1

Glover arrives with a strong reputation. Atlanta won seven Emmys and earned 26 nominations.1

PUBG joins a growing slate of game adaptations at the streamer. Netflix is also making a live-action Assassin’s Creed series and a feature film based on Gears of War.1

Our read: Netflix keeps pulling big game names onto its red carpet, and handing PUBG to a proven auteur suggests it wants more than a straight shoot-’em-up on screen. A story-light game gives a creator-driven writer plenty of room, but until casting and a release window appear, this is an exciting announcement, not yet a show. Watch for a pilot decision.

Footnotes

  1. Engadget, “Netflix is making a live-action PUBG show written and directed by Donald Glover”. Retrieved October 29, 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

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