It won’t be too much longer until fans of the forthcoming action-RPGAnthemwill be able to get their hands on the game, as it’s set to release across multiple platforms in just a little more than a week from now. Before the title goes live, though, it looks as if Neill Blomkamp–that is, the director of the 2009 science fiction movieDistrict 9–is set to celebrateAnthem’s launch with a live-action short film based on the new IP.
According to Blomkamp,Anthemfans can get a look at his story “Conviction”, with the short film set to become available to watch via Oats Studios' YouTube channel this Thursday, July 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM PT. Per the description of the footage to come, one should expect the short film to be a tale of survival that’s set in the world ofAnthem, and it will take place decades before the events of theBioWaregame.
For those unaware, Blomkamp’s short film forAnthemwon’t be the first instance of theElysiumdirector putting together a live-action piece inspired by a video game, as he also created theHalo 3"Landfall" live-action short. It seems as if the filmmaker is so enamored by the medium of gaming that he even had thrown his hat in the ringto direct aHalomovieat one point before the project lost traction and ultimately failed to come to fruition.
Taking everything here into consideration, it will be interesting to see just what Blomkamp has cooked up forAnthemfans, and whether or not it will have a significant impact on how players perceive the game’s overall lore and story. With Electronic Arts' marketing budget bankrolling the project, there’s a high probability that the project will look wonderful, but there’s no telling if it will actually help influence folks to pick up a copy of the action-RPG when it comes out.
Anthemlaunches on June 08, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
