Overview
- Netflix and SEGA issued a joint announcement on Monday confirming three projects in early development: a live-action Crazy Taxi feature film, a new Sonic the Hedgehog animated series for upper preschool viewers, and a live-action adaptation of RGG Studio’s Stranger Than Heaven.
- The Crazy Taxi film will be written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand with Original Film producers Neal H. Moritz and Toby Ascher plus SEGA producer Toru Nakahara attached, though the project has no release date and remains at an early stage.
- The Sonic project is an animated series led by Carlos Stevens and Toru Nakahara that SEGA describes as a “high-voltage, comedic, yet emotionally grounded” show built for an upper pre-school audience.
- Stranger Than Heaven will be adapted from RGG Studio’s upcoming action-adventure game as a live-action film produced by Toru Nakahara and will draw on the game’s early 20th-century Japan setting and yakuza-themed storylines.
- The partnership fits Netflix’s broader strategy to grow game-to-screen content and to refresh SEGA franchises for new viewers, with the Crazy Taxi film positioned alongside SEGA’s Crazy Taxi: World Tour game planned for 2027 while all screen projects remain undated.