Scorching off the heels of Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s field workplace success is information of one other Sega traditional making its option to the large display screen. Deadline experiences {that a} movie adaptation of the traditional beat ’em up series Streets of Rage is within the works.
In keeping with sources talking to Deadline, the variation might be penned by John Wick creator and author Derek Kolstad, who reportedly wrote Streets of Rage’s script on spec (principally a script written with out a assure of manufacturing). Kolstad has the upcoming fourth John Wick slated for 2023 and in addition wrote the 2021 motion movie No person starring Bob Odenkirk.
Streets of Rage might be co-produced by Dmitri M. Johnson’s dj2 Entertainment, which helped produce Sonic 2 and not too long ago signed on to provide a TV adaptation of It Takes Two. It will likely be joined by the manufacturing firm, Escape Artists, which helped convey movies corresponding to The Equalizer series and The Magnificent Seven to life. Provided that the movie seems to be very early in its conception, there aren’t any particulars relating to casting, plot, or a launch window. However on condition that the newest Sonic movie had the perfect opening weekend of any online game film ever, it’s unsurprising that Sega would need to sprinkle the identical cinematic fairy mud on the remainder of its again catalog.
For these unfamiliar, Streets of Rage is a series of co-op brawlers starring avenue vigilantes who shield their neighborhood by beating the snot out of gangs, thugs, and, sometimes, weird alien wall things. There are 4 Streets of Rage video games the movie can draw from; the primary three arrived on the Sega Genesis within the early ‘90s and Streets of Rage 4 launched on trendy consoles in 2020.
With Uncharted premiering earlier this yr, online game films have seemingly develop into in style once more and it’s getting tough making an attempt to maintain monitor of all of them. In case you missed them, make sure to try our tales on these different not too long ago introduced movie variations: Ghost of Tsushima, BioShock, Jak & Daxter, a online game film starring The Rock that is likely to be Name of Obligation, and Mario.
[Source: Deadline]
