Director Michael Bay has signed on to direct an adaptation of Sega's venerable car racing game Out Run through Universal, withš° Sydney Sweeney attached to star, as reported bą± y .
And that's about as 2025 a logline as it gets, both in terms of the heat that's been building around video game adaptationš¶s in the current media environment, and the Mad-Libs-esque nature of it all.
For those not in the know, OutRun is a classic arcade game in which players take the wheel of a racecar. Thše Out Run games became sensations thanks to their elaborate cabinets which simulated actually being behind the wheel of the cars in the game.
Sydney Sweeney will now be the one behind the wheel of the car, but on film, following the current trend of big-budget video game adaptations such as ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:A Minecraft Movie, ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:The Last of Us, and of course the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Universal is also home to ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:The Mario Bros. Movie, and ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Five Nights at Freddies.
The Out Run movie is set to be written by Jayson Rothwell, with Sweeney herself producing alongside Bay and Sega producer Toruš Nakahara, who's also been involved with the Sonic films, and Sega pź©²resident/COO Shuji Utsumi.
Bay has been racking up offbeat projects, teaming up wāith musician š¦¹Post Malone for a new "universe" based on a heavenly tractor-trailer big rig truck driven by a fallen angel in a zombie-ridden medieval Europe.
Sweeney previously dipped her toes in genre films with the ill-fated Madame Web, in which she played Julia Carpenter, one of three Spider-Women adapted from comics. She's best known for her roles on Euphoš¬ria and White Lotus, which have pushed her to a position as one of the most in-demand young actors of the moment.
Universal hašsn't set a reported date for Out Rā±un yet.
For more, check out our guides to all of the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:upcoming video game movies and the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:2025 movie release dates to add to your calendar.
I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major cļ·ŗomic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)
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