Sega more than Sonic In terms of making movies, two of its more niche titles are in the works.
Sega and media company Picturestart are teaming up to produce an adaptation of the music video game Space Channel 5 and beat Comix Zone, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The report says that the adaptation of Space Channel 5, which now appears to be just called Channel 5, will be a comedy/dance game, which apparently “tells the story of an unfortunate fast food worker who is freely recruited from a future reporter, using the One thing all people on earth are united in to save the world from aliens: our love for the viral dance of stupidity.”
Channel 5 is written by Barry Battles, best known for 2012’s Baytown Outlaws, and Nir Paniry, best known for the sci-fi drama “Extracted.”
Comix Zone’s film adaptation will be called Less Cool Zone, and it will focus on a tired comic book creator and a young, eccentric writer who, when the latter is pulled into the final installment of the writer’s hit series Had to do the classic thing, put their differences aside and stop a dangerous super villain from doing their thing.
Zone is written by Mae Catt, best known for his work on DC’s “Young Justice” and “How to Train Your Dragon” spin-off series “Dragon: The Nine Realms.”
Picturestart is also working on Borderlands Film adaptation, so is no stranger to the concept, although it certainly has several unique titles.
Toru Nakahara, producer of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, will be producing both Channel 5 and the region.
Sonic’s film adaptation was a huge success, with the second film being the highest-grossing video game movie of all time, but it’s certainly interesting that Sega is looking to adapt some of its lesser-known works to the big screen.
