SEGA is partnering with Picturestart to develop film adaptations of the 1990s video game titles “Space Channel 5” and “Comix Zone”.
“Space Channel 5” is a comedy adaptation of the cult-classic 1999 dance game and follows 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: a love of silly viral dances.
“Comix Zone” 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.
Barry Battles (“The Baytown Outlaws”) and Nir Paniry (“Extracted”) will pen the script for ‘Space’ while ‘Zone’ be written by Mae Catt (“Young Justice”). Kim Falvey, Royce Reeves-Darby and Erik Feig will produce both projects alongside Sega’s Toru Nakahara.
Source: THR
