Netflix is developing a live-action PUBG series led by Donald Glover
Glover will write, direct, star and executive produce with his brother Stephen, while Krafton's entertainment arm LV3H co-produces the Netflix show.
Netflix is developing a live-action series based on PUBG, Krafton's battle royale, with Donald Glover attached to write, direct, star in and executive produce it. Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter broke the news on October 29, 2026, and Pocket Gamer picked it up the next day. No plot, cast or release date has been announced.
Who is involved
Glover is co-writing and executive producing with his brother Stephen Glover, his partner on FX's Atlanta, where Donald won Emmys for acting and directing. Other executive producers include Michael Schaefer for Neon TV, Fam Udeorji for Gilga, and Taeseok Jang and Sujin Lee for LV3H, the Krafton entertainment arm tasked with taking the PUBG brand beyond games.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, it is Glover's first project for Netflix. He was under an overall deal at Amazon MGM, which is now a first-look deal that lets him work elsewhere.
Second attempt at PUBG on Netflix
This is not the first time PUBG has been lined up at the streamer. Deadline notes that an animated series from Castlevania executive producer Adi Shankar, announced in 2021, was previously in development there. Krafton first talked about PUBG film and TV plans in 2020.
The new show joins a long list of game adaptations at Netflix, including a live-action Assassin's Creed series, a Gears of War film and animated projects based on Minecraft and Clash of Clans.
Why mobile players care
The deal names PUBG itself rather than any single version. As THR describes it, the format drops up to 100 players onto an island to fight until one is left, and it began in 2017 as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, named after designer Brendan Greene. For many players, especially on phones, PUBG Mobile is the version they know best, which is why Pocket Gamer framed the news through it.
PC players can still drop in through PUBG: Battlegrounds on Steam, which is free to play. Battle royale fans waiting on the show can also stay busy with Garena's Free Fire, the other big mobile shooter of its kind.
Netflix has not ordered the show to series yet, so expect casting news before any trailer.
Source: Pocket Gamer; Deadline; The Hollywood Reporter.
