Sonic the Hedgehog Getting New Netflix TV Show After Movies’ Success, First Details Here
Dan Gregor and Doug Mand will write the film treatment as Netflix expands its video game adaptation slate with Sega.
- On Monday, Netflix and Sega announced a multi-title partnership to adapt gaming franchises including Sonic the Hedgehog, Crazy Taxi, and Stranger Than Heaven into films and television series.
- Targeting an upper pre-school audience, Netflix is developing an animated Sonic the Hedgehog series with producers Carlos Stevens and Toru Nakahara designed as a high-voltage, comedic experience for children.
- Writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, the screenwriting duo behind 2025's reboot of The Naked Gun, are penning Crazy Taxi with producers Neal H. Moritz and Toby Ascher of Original Film and Sega's Toru Nakahara.
- Set in early 20th-century Japan, the live-action Stranger Than Heaven film originates from RGG Studio, developer of the bestselling Like a Dragon: Yakuza series, with over 30 million copies sold.
- Netflix VP of Nonfiction and Transmedia Brandon Riegg stated that great games have "characters people love," while Sega President and COO Shuji Utsumi expressed pride in the partnership reaching established fandoms.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Getting New Netflix TV Show After Movies’ Success, First Details Here
Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures Netflix is partnering with Sega to bring a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog TV show to life. The streaming giant is also working with the publisher to adapt more video game titles, such as Crazy Taxi and Stranger Than Heaven. Netflix and Sega are developing a new animated series based on the iconic blue speedster, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Carlos Stevens and Sega head producer Toru Nakahara are currently dev…
Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’
Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series "built for kids who want to feel a little edge," and a live-action movie based on the upcoming Stranger Than Heaven from Yakuza developer RGG Studio. The Crazy Taxi movie will be the first project released, though it […]
Netflix and Sega Confirm Three Major Projects, Including Live-Action Movie of Cult Game Franchise
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