SEGA has announced that a film adaptation of Shinobi is in development. Sam Hargrave will direct the upcoming film. Hargrave has previously done stunts for Atomic Blonde, Avengers: Endgame, Captain America: Civil War, and more. He has also directed the Extraction series.
Ken Kobayashi will adapt the screenplay for Universal Pictures. Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce through Marc Platt Productions. Dmitri M. Johnson will produce through Story Kitchen. Toru Nakahara will produce through SEGA. Mike Goldberg will executive produce alongside Timothy I. Stevenson, who is co-producing.
SEGA announced several new games during The Game Awards as part of a new initiative. The announced games include a new Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Crazy Taxi, and Golden Axe.
The trailer hinted that more games will be part of the new initiative. The full list of recent trademarks includes Alex Kidd, After Burner, House of the Dead, Crazy Taxi, Shinobi, Outrun, Streets of Rage, and Super Monkey Ball. All of the games mentioned above are popular arcade and console games’ from the company’s past.
SEGA describes the Shinobi series as follows:
The SHINOBI series first debuted in 1987 as an arcade game and primarily follows protagonist Joe Musashi as a modern-day ninja who confronts great evil. Crafted with a focus on epic and edgy action, the SHINOBI franchise spans fourteen games, including spinoffs, and ports, with 5M+ copies sold worldwide. A new entry in the series was revealed in late 2023. More information about the new game will be revealed in the future.
