Hollywood Animal looks like a fantastic in-depth depiction of a shady movie industry

Get your bribe money ready. Weappy Studios, the developer behind This is the Police, has unveiled their latest game, Hollywood Animal. It’s set to release on PC sometime in 2024.

Hollywood Animal is a narrative management sim where you try to run a movie studio with as few scruples as possible. Manage staff through gifts or blackmail, create movies to gain favors, but just keep things as profitable as possible. Craft art, build stars, or simply find their dark spots so you can stick a hook in and make them dance. All this is covered in the absolutely fantastic announcement trailer.

I don’t remember the last time I saw a game trailer that superb.

Hollywood Animal is being billed as a narrative-first game, but includes all the standard management hooks. By the looks of all the systems show off, it’s really quite complex. It takes you through the ages as you try to keep your studio afloat while not bringing too much attention to your shady dealings. Select the director, the writers, and the actors, and then try to keep them all happy (or at least complacent). Navigate the changing political landscape of the ages.

I am so on board with this. I’ve wanted a good movie studio simulator for a while, or at least a re-release of 2005’s The Movies. Crime is also a passion of mine, so it’s a really good mix.

Hollywood Animals is currently announced for PC and is expected to land sometime in 2024.