Sega Arcade Racer OutRun Gets Surprise Movie Adaptation From Transformers Director Michael Bay and Madame Web Star Sydney Sweeney

Sega’s arcade racing crippled OutRun is acceptable for a astonishment movie adaptation, with Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney attached.

The Hollywood Reporter said that Universal Pictures has Transformers manager Bay lined up to nonstop and nutrient the OutRun movie, with Sweeney besides signed connected arsenic a producer. Jayson Rothwell volition constitute the screenplay, though determination are nary crippled details yet. Nor is determination a merchandise date.

On the Sega side, Toru Nakahara, who worked connected the Sonic movies, is simply a producer, and Sega America and Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi volition oversee the film.

OutRun began beingness successful 1986 arsenic a graphically awesome arcade driving crippled designed by Sega developer fable Yu Suzuki. It’s seen galore versions and ports implicit the years, with a due sequel released successful 2003, but has been somewhat dormant successful caller times. The astir caller merchandise came successful 2009 with Sumo Digital's OutRun Online Arcade.

Sega, however, has dipped into its backmost catalogue for inspiration, with caller Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, Virtua Fighter, and Shinobi games each successful the works.

Sega has besides pushed adaptations of its coveted IP. The Sonic movies are of people hugely popular, and an adaptation of Like a Dragon: Yakuza launched past twelvemonth connected Amazon. Hollywood is keen for much video crippled films, with The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the precocious released A Minecraft Movie breaking records.

As for what benignant of movie OutRun volition be, possibly Bay and Sweeney invisage a Fast & Furious-style driving and enactment flick.

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