In keeping with the tradition of companies dropping massive announcements on Friday afternoons, Sega has announced that two of its cult classic and fan favorite games in COMIX ZONE and Space Channel 5 will receive Hollywood feature film adaptations, with both films under active development at PICTURESTART. Sega describes the preliminary plot behind the Space Channel 5 film:
SPACE CHANNEL 5, a comedy/dance adaptation of the cult-classic 1999 dance game, will tell the story of a hapless fast-food worker who is recruited by a freedom reporter from the future to save the world from aliens using the one thing that unites all people on the planet: our love of silly viral dances.
The film is being written by Barry Battles and Nir Paniry, with Battles coming off of crime comedy film The Baytown Outlaws, and collaborator Paniry coming off of indie sci-fi drama Extracted.
Sega describes the preliminary plot to COMIX ZONE:
COMIX ZONE, an adaptation of the cult console game that has been so influential to so many over the years, follows a jaded comic book creator and a young, queer writer of color who, when sucked into the final issue of his popular series, must put aside their differences to stop a dangerous supervillain from sowing complete destruction — and in the process wittily explore the ever-evolving power of storytelling itself.
COMIX ZONE will be written by Mae Catt, whose credits include Young Justice, and the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON spinoff series, Dragons: The Nine Realms. Executive production staff for both films consists of Royce Reeves-Darby and Erik Feig overseeing both projects for PICTURESTART and both will produce alongside Samie Kim Falvey.
On Sega's end, Vice President and Co-COO Shuji Utsumi is overseeing both projects alongside Toru Nakahara, producer for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise as well as executive producer for Sonic Prime TV series, who will also produce both adaptations alongside. In addition, long-time Sega game director Takumi Yoshinaga will join the production team for SPACE CHANNEL 5 and long-time Sega game producer Kagasei Shimomura will join the production team for COMIX ZONE.
SOURCE: Press Release
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