Netflix and Sega Confirm Three Major Projects, Including Live-Action Movie of Cult Game Franchise

It used to be that there was an assumption that any video game adaptation was automatically going to be bad, a trend that decades of movies beat into the minds of fans around the globe. One place that this trend has been dismantled entirely is at Netflix, the home for the League of Legends-inspired series Arcane as well as the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime. They’re not alone, though, as Netflix is also home to Castlevania, Pokémon Concierge, and Sonic Prime. After the success of their previous Sonic the Hedgehog adaptation, Netflix and SEGA have confirmed today that their partnership is taking a major step forward.

Today, the two companies have confirmed that not only is another Sonic TV series happening at the streamer, but that Stranger Than Heaven, the upcoming prequel to the Like a Dragon franchise, is also in development as a movie, and the cult, chaotic driving game Crazy Taxi is also in the works as a feature film. These adaptations mark a major shift in the dynamic between the two companies, but also for video game fans, as it will offer three pretty distinct adaptations of games that couldn’t be more different, proving that the era of the video game movie is finally here.

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