Kung-fu brawler Sifu is getting a live-action adaptation with the assistance of John Wick author Derek Kolstad.
As reported by Deadline (opens in new tab), Sloclap’s beat-’em-up has been picked up by brand-new media firm Story Kitchen. This was co-founded by Sonic the Hedgehog producer Dmitri M. Johnson, former APA accomplice Mike Goldberg and Kolstad, centered on “world-building motion” and “non-traditional mental property.” Sifu would be the studio’s first undertaking and an indie brawler feels prefer it matches into its “non-traditional” descriptor.
Sifu was a shock hit when it arrived in the beginning of the yr. It follows the protagonist as he seeks revenge on the individuals who killed his grasp with the help of a talisman that brings him again every time he dies. Besides—plot twist!—every time he dies he ages, although the world round him stays the identical. It is a easy sufficient premise however with a layer of problem which proved to be a success. Tyler Wilde scored the sport 85 in his Sifu assessment (opens in new tab), discovering the story to be “disappointing,” however referred to as the preventing “among the most intrinsically pleasant melee fight” he is skilled. “Sifu will check your endurance, however studying the best way to coolly dismantle a room filled with goons with digital kung fu is well worth the ache.”
In addition to being the author behind all the unbelievable John Wick motion pictures—together with the upcoming fourth one—Kolstad can also be behind the Splinter Cell Netflix adaptation and the recently-announced Streets of Rage film. He is a well-respected author, one who appears eager on churning out varied diversifications of videogames in the mean time. Sifu looks like a kind of video games that may very well be a brilliant enjoyable film if tailored appropriately, particularly with Sonic the Hedgehog producers additionally behind the wheel.