Seán William McLoughlin aka Jacksepticeye dropped an Avengers-level announcement on Instagram Saturday. He’s producing a Bloodborne animated movie with Sony Pictures. Yes, really.
The post itself was short and completely unhinged. On his Instagram, Jacksepticeye wrote, “I am producing a Bloodborne Animated Movie with Sony Pictures. AHHHHH!” Four words of actual news. Several A’s of pure reaction energy. The caps-lock chaos was fully earned.
Over 541,000 likes poured in fast. For a gaming creator, even a massive one, that kind of traction on a single post signals something beyond a standard fanbase surge. Bloodborne players aren’t just fans – they’re a cult. They’ve been waiting for new content from this universe for over a decade.
Here’s why this hits so hard. Bloodborne launched in 2015 as a PlayStation exclusive developed by FromSoftware, the studio behind Dark Souls and Elden Ring. It’s a gothic horror action RPG set in a plague-ridden Victorian city crawling with eldritch monsters and some of the most punishing boss fights in gaming history. Critics loved it immediately. Players called it a masterpiece. It swept awards and built a following that genuinely never moved on.
The game never got a sequel or a remaster. It sat on PlayStation, beloved and frozen in time for over a decade. Every year, the Bloodborne fandom collectively screamed into the void. Every year, the void screamed back in silence.
This announcement breaks that silence in a major way.
Jacksepticeye, born Seán McLoughlin in Ireland, has been one of YouTube’s biggest gaming creators for over a decade. He has tens of millions of subscribers across his platforms. He built his channel on high-energy gameplay and genuine passion for the medium. Moving into a producer role on a major Sony Pictures animated feature is a serious leap – and it’s the kind of move that has the gaming-to-film pipeline buzzing.
Sony Pictures has been expanding aggressively into video game IP adaptations in recent years. Bloodborne is published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, so the studio ties run deep. Bloodborne’s world is tailor-made for animation. The lore runs incredibly deep. The visual identity is unlike anything else in gaming – dark and drenched in cosmic horror. There’s a ready-made global audience counting the days from this announcement forward.
No release date has been confirmed. No trailer, no cast, and no showrunner have been revealed yet. That information will come in waves, the way these things always do. For now, the announcement alone is enough to send the community into full hype mode.
Jacksepticeye clearly felt the magnitude of the moment. He ended his caption with “AHHHHH!” and honestly, that’s the most accurate review of this news available. Bloodborne fans spent eleven years begging for more. Somebody finally listened. And that somebody went and got Sony Pictures.
The Avengers had their post-credit scenes. Bloodborne fans just got theirs.
