SEGA reveals Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone movies are coming

SEGA has just announced that they are working with Picturestart to produce movies for Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone. With the Sonic the Hedgehog film series being as successful as it is, it only makes sense to try and reintroduce the world to other SEGA IP.

If you’ve not heard of Picturestart they’re the production company behind the Twilight Saga, La La Land, and The Hunger Games films. This also isn’t the production houses first step into gaming as they are the ones behind the upcoming Borderlands movie.

Here are the summaries of the films from The Hollywood Reporter…

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…

Zone, an adaptation of the cult console game, 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. In the process, they wittily explore the ever-evolving art of storytelling itself.

[The Hollywood Reporter]

Channel 5 is being written by Barry Battles and Nir Paniry, whose previous works include 2012’s The Baytown Outlaws and Extracted respectively.

Zone will be written by Mae Catt who previously wrote for Young Justice, DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms, and Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy.

Additionally, it seems SEGA themselves will be more actively involved with these productions. Producer of the Sonic film series Toru Nakahara will also produce these movies and Takumi Yoshinaga (SEGA game director) and Kagasei Shimomura (SEGA game producer) will be in the creative teams for Channel 5 and Zone respectively.

It seems SEGA are ready to go all in on film production and who knows what other series might get their shot at the big screen down the road. How are you feeling about this news and what SEGA franchises do you think would make good film adaptions?