A movie based on Oregon Trail is currently being worked on by Apple. According to reporting from The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be a mix of action and comedy with a few Barbie-esque musical numbers thrown in for good measure.
Oregon Trail will be directed by Will Speck and produced by Josh Gordon. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will provide the original soundtrack and the film will be produced by Ampersand. Caroline Fraser from HaperCollins Productions (owners of the Oregon Trail game franchise) will also be a producer on the film.
The Lucas Bros. (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Max Reisman are set to pen the screenplay about the game that is meant to mimic 19th-century pioneer times, following a covered wagon train heading west. Created in 1971, the game reached cult status among American grade schoolers by the 1990s as one of the first educational computer games allowed in schools — and for its hilariously dark storylines filled with broken arms, typhoid and dysentery.
