Just over a year ago, Amazon MGM and Square Enix announced that a TV series based on the first Life Is Strange game had been greenlit. We have gotten a handful of casting announcements and updates in the months since, while a release window remains elusive. Now it has been revealed that the adaptation has reached a major milestone: filming has wrapped.
The news came from the show's cinematographer, Vincent De Paula, in a post on Instagram. "WRAPPED!!" is emblazoned over a collage of photos styled to look like Polaroids that show snippets of production alongside a photo of the two leads and old key art from the game itself. The caption for the post read, "Can't wait to show you what we did." Coincidentally, the announcement that the show had wrapped filming occurred within the same week that the game takes place, from Oct. 7–11.
Amazon's Life Is Strange series will be written by Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World), who will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Maisy Stella (My Old Ass) and Tatum Grace Hopkins will star as Chloe and Max, the show's leading duo, respectively. The supporting cast includes Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, Owen Teague, Billy Barratt, Emily Carey, Esther McGregor, Faly Rakotohavana, and Mia Isaac.
Karyn Kusama (Jennifer's Body, Yellowjackets) will serve as director for the first two episodes of the series. A full episode count and release window have yet to be announced. This year saw the release of Life Is Strange: Reunion.
The game served as a sequel to both 2024's Double Exposure and the 2015 original, reuniting Max and Chloe. The game was billed as the finale for the story of Max and Chloe, and attempted to rectify issues the fanbase had with how the pair's relationship was handled in Double Exposure. Ultimately, the game had mixed reviews.
Some critics bemoaned the almost fan-fiction-like tone of the story's push to make everything work out for Max and Chloe, while others felt it was the sendoff the pair deserved. While Reunion is definitely the end of Max and Chloe's story in the games, it is less clear if it also serves as the end of the series as a whole. Square Enix did reveal that Reunion exceeded the company's sales expectations, though that was admittedly because expectations were so low following the poor performance of Double Exposure.
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