Scorching off the heels of Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s field workplace success is information of one other Sega traditional making its method to the massive display screen. Deadline stories {that a} movie adaptation of the traditional beat ’em up collection Streets of Rage is within the works.

In accordance with sources chatting with Deadline, the variation will likely 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 one starring Bob Odenkirk.  

Streets of Rage will likely be co-produced by Dmitri M. Johnson’s dj2 Leisure, which helped produce Sonic 2 and just lately 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 collection and The Magnificent Seven to life. On condition that the movie seems to be very early in its conception, there aren’t any particulars concerning casting, plot, or a launch window. However on condition that the most recent Sonic movie had the very best 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 collection of co-op brawlers starring road vigilantes who defend their neighborhood by beating the snot out of gangs, thugs, and, often, bizarre alien wall issues. 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 12 months, online game films have seemingly turn into fashionable once more and it’s getting difficult making an attempt to maintain observe of all of them. In case you missed them, be sure you take a look at our tales on these different just lately introduced movie variations: Ghost of Tsushima, BioShock, Jak & Daxter, a online game film starring The Rock that may be Name of Obligation, and Mario.

[Source: Deadline]

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