Online game writer Sega, recent off the success of its live-action Sonic movies, is seeking to adapt extra video games into movies or TV reveals. Particularly, Sega says it’s within the early levels to provide live-action variations of Atlus video games, like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei.
Sega revealed this bit of reports to IGN, telling the outlet that it desires to develop the way it tells tales, and its plans to make this a giant a part of its enterprise technique. Or to place it one other approach, some latest live-action sport variations have raked in a ton of cash on the field workplace, together with its personal Sonic movies, and it desires to maintain that cash prepare rolling.
JRPG franchise Persona sounds prefer it could be the primary sport to get the live-action therapy as a part of Sega’s new adaptation-focused initiative.
“Atlus’ worlds are full of excessive drama, cutting-edge type, and compelling characters,” says, Toru Nakaharaon, a lead producer behind the live-action Sonic films and Sega’s head of leisure productions. “Tales like these from the Persona franchise actually resonate with our followers and we see a chance to develop the lore like nobody has seen—or performed—earlier than.”
“Collectively, Sega and Atlus are working to deliver these tales and worlds to life by new mediums and for brand spanking new audiences,” added Nakaharaon.
In fact, this early on Sega didn’t actually have a lot else to say about these initiatives, when to count on them, what types they are going to take, who’s concerned of their manufacturing, nor the place they could find yourself. All Sega instructed IGN was that it’s at the moment speaking to varied studios and producers about any future variations.
However with 200+ streaming companies and channels on the market, all determined to shove out as a lot content material as attainable to maintain subscriber numbers rising, it’s not laborious to see a future the place an Amazon or a Hulu can be taken with a live-action sequence based mostly on a well-liked franchise like Persona.
Kotaku has reached out to Sega and requested if the corporate had any extra particulars to share about any of its initiatives.
You may add any potential Persona TV reveals or films to the rising listing of online game variations at the moment within the works. Hollywood in recent times has turn out to be extra hungry than ever for established IP and franchises to construct films and reveals round, and video video games have shortly turn out to be the newest locations for producers to dig for the following huge hit.
In the meantime, if all this discuss of Persona films has received you excited to return and play the unique JRPG video games, Sega is re-releasing Persona 3, 4, and 5 throughout principally each platform, together with the Swap.
