I am not precisely positive what Sega’s gameplan right here is, however the developer has one other live-action adaptation within the works, this time about Shinobi.
Lately, it is all about IP. Exploiting it, flogging it like a lifeless horse, no matter, if it is a pre-existing IP, somebody will discover some strategy to make it even larger and adapt it to no matter medium it already is not. Sega is clearly all in on that proper now, discovering plenty of success with its live-action Sonic the Hedgehog films, a 3rd one due out this 12 months, and it is also making an attempt out a Yakuza TV sequence later this month on Prime Video. Nevertheless it additionally has larger ambitions than simply the sequence that everybody nonetheless talks about now, as in line with Deadline, a live-action movie adaptation of its basic hack-and-slash sequence Shinobi is within the works at Common.
I count on that anybody that is sufficiently old to have performed Shinobi hasn’t precisely thought of it shortly, and anybody younger sufficient to haven’t performed it can say “what’s Shinobi?” Properly, the unique trio of video games adopted Joe Musashi, who labored very arduous to turn out to be a revered ninja and finally saves Japan, you recognize, a online game story within the ’80s. In line with Deadline, Marvel’s Hit-Monkey and Sunny author Ken Kobayashi shall be dealing with the screenplay, with frequent Marvel stunt coordinator and Extraction director Sam Hargrave connected to direct.
A brand new Shinobi sport is within the works too, first introduced by Sega final 12 months throughout a Recreation Awards trailer that exposed a complete bunch of different classics like Golden Axe, Loopy Taxi, and Jet Set Radio are coming again too.
Shinobi is unquestionably one of many extra well-known basic Sega titles, however it’s nonetheless an odd alternative for an adaptation – although not as odd as the truth that Everlasting Champions, a preventing sport that hasn’t had a brand new entry in nearly 30 years, can be getting a movie adaptation.