Streets of Rage Movie Finds Director and Writers After Years of Silence

Sega and Lionsgate person announced that their long-in-development Streets of Rage movie has conscionable picked up Jeymes Samuel arsenic manager and Pat Casey and Josh Miller arsenic writers.

The 2 companies announced the update to their originative unit today. It's a determination that volition spot the latest video crippled movie adaptation directed by the filmmaker down The Harder They Fall, portion the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy scribes committee arsenic writers.

"We and our partners astatine Sega knew that Streets of Rage demanded a bold filmmaker," Lionsgate president Erin Westerman said successful a statement. "Jeymes Samuel's visceral and explosive benignant — not to notation his signature usage of unforgettable euphony — is cleanable for audiences some acquainted with and caller to the series. We are truthful excited for however helium volition bring his ain memorable instrumentality to this beloved video crippled IP."

Sega announced its volition to bring Streets of Rage to the large surface 10 years agone this December. Getting the task into the streets, however, hasn't been truthful simple.

Updates for the movie person been fewer and acold betwixt successful the years since. In 2022, it was announced that John Wick creator Derek Kolstad had boarded the task to constitute its script, with Lionsgate acquiring it aboriginal that aforesaid year. Kolstad wrote an aboriginal draught of the screenplay and is inactive attached arsenic a producer.

Plot details, casting information, and a merchandise day stay a enigma portion the Streets of Rage movie comes together. However, Lionsgate and Sega did notation the task "will thin heavy into the cult classical crippled known for its iconic characters, acclaimed physics soundtracks and bushed 'em up action."

In summation to The Harder They Fall, Samuel has directed The Book of Clarence and They Die by Dawn. Casey and Miller are besides liable for penning 2022's Violent Night and a fewer episodes of the 2016 mini-series 12 Deadly Days.

Producers see Sega's Toru Nakahara and Story Kitchen's Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson. Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Tony Shaw are besides attached arsenic producers, with Story Kitchen's Elena Sandoval successful the premix arsenic an enforcement producer. Casey and Miller are besides enforcement producing.

Sega showed involvement successful Streets of Rage, arsenic good arsenic a fewer of its different retro franchises, arsenic portion of its Sega Universe inaugural successful April. For more, you tin work our 7/10 Streets of Rage 4 review.

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