Sega’s Streets of Rage
Derek Kolstad (Nobody), writer and creator of the John Wick franchise, is penning an adaption of Sega’s Streets of Rage video game series. On top of this, Lionsgate Entertainment has acquired distribution rights for the upcoming martial arts feature.
Streets of Rage, developed and published by Sega, first launched in 1991 via the Genesis home video game console. The side-scroller follows former police offers who battle a crime syndicate. Since the debut game, the Streets of Rage franchise has spawned sequels across numerous gaming platforms including the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The franchise’s latest title, Streets of Rage 4, was released in April 2020 and has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide (via Deadline).
There is currently no director or stars attached to the project, but we’ll be sure to update you as we learn more.
The Streets of Rage live action movie is giving me such a rage… An INTERNET RAGE! * Internet Rage will be right back! * INTERNET RAGE!
You see, a video game is nothing without the game. So all these movies can can do is: slap the video games title on a poorly written, badly acted cosplay / fan-fic. So this movie the rest of the crap (Resident Evil, Double Dragon, Street Fighter, etc.) in the movie toilet bowl known as the bargain bin.