Yoshinori Kitase, director of the original Final Fantasy VII, has expressed interest in future TV series inspired by Final Fantasy. Speaking at Lucca Comics & Games Festival 2026, the remake trilogy producer described television as a possible direction for the series.
Final Fantasy VII turn-based combat
Final Fantasy's existing screen projects
The series already has several film and animation projects, with different relationships to the games:
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, released in 2001, took Final Fantasy into a standalone CGI film.
- Final Fantasy: Advent Children continued the story of Final Fantasy VII.
- Final Fantasy XV received a prequel anime and the Kingsglaive movie, whose cast included Sean Bean and Aaron Paul.
Those projects span original film stories and extensions of individual games.
The original Final Fantasy VII follows Cloud Strife, an ex-SOLDIER mercenary hired by the resistance group AVALANCHE to strike against the Shinra Electric Power Company. Shinra uses the planet's life force, Mako energy, to fuel its empire, beginning a conflict that grows beyond corporate sabotage.
The game uses turn-based battles and Materia-driven combat. Players returning to those systems can browse our Final Fantasy VII guides.
New games remain part of Kitase's outlook
Kitase also discussed the balance between new projects and revisiting older games. He suggested Square Enix is more likely to invest in new titles, while explaining why the Final Fantasy VII remake became an exception worth pursuing.
“I think that mainly, we are more likely to invest in new titles and new games,” he said.
For Final Fantasy VII, Kitase pointed to the involvement of creators who had worked on the original and retained strong feelings about it. Their goal was to make something new connected to that game, introducing its appeal to newcomers while also reaching returning players.
“So there might be different cases like this one where the company is willing to invest in remaking old projects and other kinds of games like it happened this time,” he said.
The third and final remake entry, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, is scheduled for April 28, 2027, on PlayStation 5, Xbox X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
