 In October 2017, Lanning revealed that he was approached by a film producer with ties to J.J. Abrams during the production of "Munch's Oddysee".He admits he never read the treatment that they made, and blames the missed opportunity on the demanding nature of the video game industry at the time.For their fourth game, originally a sequel to "Munch's Oddysee", Oddworld Inhabitants entered new territory.