Sega has confirmed it's bringing its Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone games to the🧸 big screen.
Adding to Sega's successful line of game-to-movie crossovers, dance game Space Channel 5 will be rebranded Channel 5 and will, according to the , "tell the story of a hapless fast-food worker who ♒is recruited by a freedom reporter from the future to save the world from aliens using the one thing that unites all people on the planet: our love of silly viral dances".
🌊The films will reportedly be penned by Barry Battles and Nir Paniry, who wrote The Baytown Outlaws and Extracted respectively.
As for Comix Zone? That's also getting a new name - Zone - and will be written by Mae Catt, whose credits include Yo🍰ung Justice a༒nd Dragons: The Nine Realm.
Space divas, comic panels, and the movies! SEGA is partnering with @picturestart to produce film adaptions of Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone! Which parts of these SEGA gems are you most excited to see played out on the big screen? 🎥#SEGA #SpaceChannel5 #ComixZone pic.twitter.com/WcdfnWJe5y
Zone will follow "a jaded comic book creator🔯 and a young, queer writer of color who, when sucked into the final issue of his popular series, must put asideꦍ their differences to stop a dangerous supervillain from sowing complete destruction. In the process, they wittily explore the ever-evolving art of storytelling itself".
Sega video game director Takumi Yoshinaga, will🅷 direct Channel 5 while Sega video game producer Kagasei Shimomura joins the Zone team. Both movies will sport the same production company, Picturestart, led by Royce Reeves-ܫDarby and Erik Feig, along with Samie Kim Falvey who is also involved in the upcoming Borderlands movie, too.
The projects will be produced by Sega's Tory Nakahara, who 🦄also produced the Sonic the Hedgehog movie♏ series.
These aren't even the strangest movie adaptations we've heard about this month, of course. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:A live-action movie based on Pac-Man - still one of the most universally beloved and recognized video game characters in thꦡe world - is on the way.
Pac-Man creators 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bandai Namco Entertainment are behind the new adaptation, based on an ori💫ginal concept developed by live-action Sonic the Hedgehog producer Chuck Williams.
Last week we reported that the director bringing Ghost of Tsushima to the big screen says the movie will be "a complete Japanese cast, in Japanese".
Chad Stahelski also confirmed that Sony is "on board" with his plan to create an authentic Japanese experience that will be "visually stunning" and celebrate his "love of the country, love of the people, love of the language🅘".
For more, check out our list of all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming video game movies in 2022 and beyond.
Vikki Blake is GamesRadar+'s♛ Weekend Reporter. Vikki works tirelessly to ensure that you have something to read on the days of the week beginning with 'S', and can also be found contributing to outlets including the BBC, Eurogamer, and GameIndustry.biz. Vikki also runs a weekly games column at NME, and can be frequently found talking about Destiny 2꧒ and Silent Hill on Twitter.
