Remember earlier this class when there were hearsay of aStreets of Ragemovie adjustment ? Well , it ’s happening and it ’s come from the dude responsible for some of the most beloved action flicks of the 21st hundred .
The classical side - scroll Sega outfox ’em up , which enjoyed a renaissance with a brilliantly fun 4th variant in 2020 , is getting the big cover treatment with the creator of John Wick penning the script .
Varietyreportsthat Lionsgate has acquired the rights and has enlisted Derek Kolstad to write and grow the film . Also on plug-in is the yield company dj2 , which is cognise for its work on adapting Sonic , and is also helping Amazon to conform Mass Effect for a Prime Video series .
“ When Dmitri ( meaning dj2 CEO Dimitri Johnson ) first observe the approximation of cracking a ‘ street of Rage ’ movie , I was so instantly gross out in , ” Kolstad pronounce stick with the declaration . “ And to play with Sega ? The 10 - year - old me is still grin . ”
Streets of Rage remains best known for the trilogy ofSega Mega Drive(or Genesis for our US readers ) game in the other - mid nineties . The first two , at least , set the standard for the genre and were a big peck for Sega in the 16 - moment war with Nintendo .
The narrative of a bunch of crime fight vigilantes unafraid to mix it up with brutal crew , direct crime foreman , and crooked cops seems pure for a bragging screen adaptation .
We ’re certain there ’ll be some tremendously satisfying bighearted fight stage dancing , and some buff dudes and babes taking on the roles of iconic fibre like Adam , Blaze and Axel . And , if we could get Yuzo Koshiro back on soundtrack duties , that would be nice too .
It is , of line , difficult to have any great faith that this will actually be good when so many game - to - picture adaptations have fallen shortly down the year . If this could be more transonic The Hedgehog thanUncharted , that ’d be great . Thanks .
