‘Candy Crush Saga’ is played reportedly more than 8 billion times a month on mobile devices worldwide, so it seems like a natural progression to see the sweet tooth match ’em game would get a TV version. TV Line is reporting today that CBS along with Lions Gate Television will produce a one-hour live action game show of the popular mobile game with teams trying to match “wits and physical agility to compete on enormous, interactive game boards featuring next generation technology.”
Will the show have thousands of near infinite levels like the mobile game? Will you spend so much time watching this potential Candy Crush TV show that you grow to be unproductive and lose touch with your family and friends? We will just have to see how this plays out.
On the topic of Candy Crush, check out this short film by Shutter Authority showing what a ‘real life’ game with floating candy pieces would like with some whimsical results.