It seems like the Star Fox franchise hasn't quite gotten the love it deserves over the past few years. While Fox McCloud and company were DLC characters in Starlink: Battle For Atlas on Nintendo Switch, there hasn't been a proper entry in the Star Fox franchise since 2016. However, that doesn't mean fans have abandoned the franchise. Stellar Star Fox art by God of War artist Raf Grassetti began circulating online recently, and it caught the eye of one of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's writers, Gary Whitta.

Over on Twitter, Whitta expressed an interest in writing an animated film based on one of Grassetti's artworks. The piece shows an incredibly-detailed rendition of the cast of Star Fox, including Fox, Peppy, Slippy, Falco, and Wolf. If anything, it almost sounds like a Super Smash Bros. tier list. The artwork is very impressive, which falls in line with what Grassetti usually produces.

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Of course, the odds of a Star Fox movie don't seem that high. Nintendo has put its games on the big screen before with titles like Detective Pikachu, though that released to mixed reviews. Of the games in Nintendo's lineup that could get on-screen adaptations, Star Fox would certainly be one of the better fits, it just doesn't seem like something Nintendo would have that much interest in doing. Of course, Whitta, whose writing credits also include movies like Book of Eli, does have a fair bit of experience with sci-fi. The writer would likely be a good choice to take on a film based on the characters.

That being said, the odds of Whitta, Grassetti, and Nintendo all coordinating with a major movie studio to get a project off the ground is, at best, a pipe dream. It would be incredible to see an animated Star Fox movie with a triple-a budget, and the project would likely be in safe hands with Whitta, but there would be quite a few hoops to jump through before anything got off the ground.

Maybe someday an animated Star Fox movie will happen, but until then fans will just have to keep hoping for some new games based on the anthropomorphic animals. The original Star Fox was one of the SNES games added to the Nintendo Switch, so at least there are some modern ways to enjoy the classic.

Star Fox currently has no announced upcoming titles.

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