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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired the feature adaptation of hit Sega video game Streets of Rage, which John Wick franchise creator and scribe Derek Kolstad is writing. He also is producing alongside the videogame brand’s Toru Nakahara; dj2 Entertainment's Dmitri M. Johnson, Timothy I. Stevenson and Dan…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of its success with Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog films, Sega has another franchise coming to the big screen with beat ’em up game Streets of Rage getting the film treatment, sources tell Deadline. Derek Kolstad, who created the John Wick action franchise and penned the Bob Odenkirk…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ran off with a $1.2M No. 1 start in France on Wednesday as the sequel begins early rollout at the international box office this weekend. In France, the little blue critter topped the previous film's first day holiday release in the market by 30%. In total, the Jeff…

Summer Game Fest, which will return for its second iteration in June, will welcome more than just news on upcoming video game titles as Weezer kicks things off with a live performance. Slated to begin Thursday, June 10 at 11 a.m. PT, Kick Off Live! will launch Summer Game Fest 2021.  Produced and hosted by The Game…

Sonic the Hedgehog is heading to Netflix. The streaming service has ordered Sonic Prime, a new animated series based on the beloved video game which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The series, from Sega of America and WildBrain, is slated to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2022. According to Netflix, the…

Nostalgia was high earlier this week when Paramount released the first trailer for the big screen adaptation of the classic Sega video game Sonic the Hedgehog. It looked fun, but the Internet had one problem: the teeth of the titular character. As soon as the trailer dropped fans of the video game seemed to overlook…

EXCLUSIVE: Stories International Tomoya Suzuki and filmmakers Steve Pink and Jeff Morris are collaborating on a film adaptation of Rent a Hero, the Sega video game about a slacker genius who joins a high-tech start-up that is pitched as a company to improve people’s lives but is nothing as it seems. When company…

Is this the next big franchise? Producer Marc Platt has partnered with video game maker Sega to develop and produce a feature film based on its video game franchise Shinobi. He and his production company will work with Sega and Hakuhodo DY Group’s production arm and joint venture Stories International, Inc. on the…

Sometimes I’m not sure what’s scarier: the implacably murderous Alien in Ridley Scott’s film, or the fact that the groundbreaking science-fiction movie debuted 35 years ago. Yikes! To celebrate, of sorts, Fox and Sega have collaborated on Alien Isolation, a videogame debuting today that lovingly recreates the grungy…

Looking to launch a new family film franchise, Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed with SEGA Sammy Group division Marza Animation Planet to develop a hybrid/live action and CG-animated feature film based on the Sonic The Hedgehog video game series. The film will be scripted by Evan Susser and Van Robichaux. 22 Jump…