{"id":127441,"date":"2022-08-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136338"},"modified":"2022-08-21T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T03:00:00","slug":"sega-announces-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/sega-announces-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega Announces Space Channel 5 And Comix Zone Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/499867a8c2613\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/499867a8c2613\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Space Channel 5 Comix Zone\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/499867a8c2613\/space-channel-5-comix-zone.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/499867a8c2613\/space-channel-5-comix-zone.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Space Channel 5 Comix Zone\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sega has had so much success with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mastersystem\/sonic_the_hedgehog\">Sonic the Hedgehog<\/a> movies that it has already locked in the third one and confirmed a separate television series starring Knuckles. If this wasn&#8217;t enough, it&#8217;s now officially confirmed there&#8217;ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/space_channel_5_ulalas_cosmic_attack\">Space Channel 5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/comix_zone\">Comix Zone<\/a> adaptations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;SEGA is partnering with @picturestart to produce film adaptions of Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Space divas, comic panels, and the movies! <\/p>\n<p>SEGA is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/picturestart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@picturestart<\/a> to produce film adaptions of Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone! <\/p>\n<p>Which parts of these SEGA gems are you most excited to see played out on the big screen? \ud83c\udfa5<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SEGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SEGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceChannel5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpaceChannel5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ComixZone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ComixZone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WcdfnWJe5y\">pic.twitter.com\/WcdfnWJe5y<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 SEGA (@SEGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEGA\/status\/1560745169091117056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The music game Space Channel 5, starring Ulala, started out in 1999 on Dreamcast and even got a GBA version in 2003. You might also know the character from her appearances in other games such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/sonic_and_sega_all_stars_racing\">Sonic &amp; Sega All-Stars Racing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Comix Zone, you can get a history lesson via the Switch Online + Expansion Pack Mega Drive \/ Genesis library. It&#8217;s a beat &#8217;em up released on these systems in 1995. Speaking of beat &#8217;em ups, there&#8217;s also reportedly a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/streets_of_rage\">Streets of Rage<\/a> movie in development.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the plots of both movies, according to an exclusive from <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/sega-adapting-space-channel-5-comix-zone-movies-1235202357\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Channel 5<\/strong>, a comedy\/dance adaptation of the cult-classic 1999 dance game, will tell the story of a hapless fast-food worker who is recruited by a freedom reporter from the future to save the world from aliens using the one thing that unites all people on the planet: our love of silly viral dances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Zone<\/strong><\/em>, an adaptation of the cult console game, follows a jaded comic book creator and a young, queer writer of color who, when sucked into the final issue of his popular series, must put aside their differences to stop a dangerous supervillain from sowing complete destruction. In the process, they wittily explore the ever-evolving art of storytelling itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you feel about more Sega games being adapted into movies? Do you think these IPs will work on the big screen? <em>Leave your thoughts below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA Sega has had so much success with the Sonic the Hedgehog movies that it has already locked in the third one and confirmed a separate television series starring Knuckles. If this wasn&#8217;t enough, it&#8217;s now officially confirmed there&#8217;ll be Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone adaptations. &#8220;SEGA is partnering with @picturestart to produce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}