From Engadget · Kris Holt · · 1m 20s
Netflix and Sega go all in on game movies
Crazy Taxi is getting a live-action comedy, and that is only the start of Netflix's game adaptation pile.
In brief
Crazy Taxi is getting a live-action comedy, and that is only the start of Netflix's game adaptation pile. Netflix is treating video game libraries as a content pipeline, adapting Sega's catalog across comedy, crime drama, and preschool animation at once. Originally reported by Engadget.
Netflix and Sega team up
The two companies signed a deal covering multiple movie and TV adaptations of Sega games. More than one project is already moving.
Crazy Taxi becomes a comedy
First out of the gate is a film based on Crazy Taxi, apparently a live-action comedy. Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who wrote last year's Naked Gun reboot, are on the script.
The game lands first
Crazy Taxi World Tour arrives next year, and the movie will likely follow it rather than lead. Netflix is letting the game set the table.
A crime film from RGG
Stranger Than Heaven, the next game from the Yakuza and Like A Dragon studio, is getting a live-action crime movie. The game hits PC and consoles on January 15.
Sonic goes preschool
Another Sonic animated series follows Sonic Prime, this one aimed at pre-schoolers with attitude baked in.
“a little edge, a little attitude and a lot of 'that's my crew' wish fulfillment”
The queue is enormous
Also in development: live-action Assassin's Creed in ancient Rome, an Overcooked cooking competition, a Diablo animated series, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season two next month.
In short
Netflix is treating video game libraries as a content pipeline, adapting Sega's catalog across comedy, crime drama, and preschool animation at once.
