Obscure video game movies could flood the industry following Sonic’s success
by Jess Weatherbed from The Verge - All Posts on (#62RTS)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the highest-grossing video game movie ever in the United States. | Image: Paramount Pictures Fresh off the success of Uncharted and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 respectively, Sony and Sega are planning film adaptations of even more of their franchises. Deadline reports that Sony is developing Days Gone for the big screen, while Sega says it's developing adaptations of Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone.
These join a dizzying number of adaptations currently in development or production from Sony alone, including Gran Turismo, Ghost of Tsushima, Jak and Daxter, The Last of Us and God of War. As it stands, the number of upcoming projects listed from other studios on the Wikipedia page for movies adapted from video games is almost half of the total number of movies ever historically released within the genre. Notable upcoming projects also...