Netflix to launch 'Overcooked' reality competition show – report

Netflix is ​​adapting cooking game Overcooked into a competition reality show, according to a new report. Production company A24 has purchased the rights to the game and is working on an unscripted show with Netflix, Reporting deadline.

The show is said to be similar to other Netflix competition series such as Nailed It and Floor Is Lava. “Overcooked aims to deliver the high-stakes kitchen challenges and signature chaos that made the video game popular with fans,” the report states.

The series is said to be in the “early stages” of development, with multiple developers from Ghost Town Games signed on as executive producers.

Overcooked launched in 2016 and has seen huge success with its local co-op game, in which people play chefs in a kitchen. Players must race against the clock to cook, serve, and clean up, and the action can get intense quickly. It’s not hard to imagine the appeal as a reality TV series.

A sequel, Overcooked 2, was launched in 2018, followed by Overcooked: All You Can Eat in 2020.

The Overcooked reality series is just the latest video game project from Netflix. one Netflix is ​​also making a Bioshock movielike a New Assassin's Creed TV show.