Film production company Mindfire Entertainment has secured the rights to Sega's Shinobi franchise. The movie, which is expected to make a summer 2004 release, will be based on the revised setting and characters of the new PlayStation Shinobi game.
"We look at this game franchise as 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' meets 'Blade,' " producer Mark Altman said. "There hasn't been a good ninja movie in a while, and this game was made to be a movie. We're starting to develop a script now that will introduce the character and open up additional story possibilities, since we believe this will work as a franchise."
" 'Shinobi' is one of Sega's greatest franchises, and we are happy to continue in our relationship with Mindfire on this project," said Charles Bellfield, vp strategic planning and corporate affairs at Sega of America.
Altman and Mindfire's Mark Gottwald will produce the project, which will hopefully secure a $40 million budget through overseas funding. Noriyoshi Ohba of Sega's Overworks development studio will work closely with the producers in order to keep the film true to the vision of the new Shinobi games. The story also indicates that Sega is early in development on a sequel to Shinobi, although no other details on such a game were mentioned.
SOURCE: IGN www.ign.com
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