In SEGA they must be very happy for the incredible success that the movie of sonic the hedgehog 2because it is already Jim Carrey’s film with the best premiere in his entire career, so they will continue to bring their franchises to the big screen by continuing with street of ragethe classic beat ’em up of the nineties.
According to Deadline, SEGA is working on the Streets of Rage movie alongside Derek Kolstad, the creator of John Wick and writer of Nobody, the action movie with Bob Odenkirk that was released last year. Because of this, the Streets of Rage movie is expected to feature incredible action scenes when it hits theaters, as Kolstad has us used to.
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The first Streets of Rage game hit the market in 1991 and told the story of some ex-cops who face a crime syndicate, and has had several sequels. The latest installment was Streets of Rage 4, which arrived in April 2020 and is one of the best games of the genre on modern consoles.
Since its launch a couple of years ago, Streets of Rage 4 it has sold over 2.5 million units, so despite being a decades-old franchise it continues to attract fanatic beat ’em up gamers, proving the genre isn’t dead. The last update for Streets of Rage 4 came last year, when it introduced survival mode.
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So far the only thing known about the Streets of Rage movie is that Derek Kolstad is involved and it will be produced by Escape Artists and dj2 Entertainment, the producers of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which has become the most successful video game movie. of history Either way, it will be a couple of years before we see the Streets of Rage movie in theaters.