Overview
- The companies announced the slate on Monday, September 14, 2026, confirming development commitments for Crazy Taxi, a new preschool Sonic animated series, and a Stranger Than Heaven adaptation.
- Crazy Taxi is set as a live-action feature with writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand and producers Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher and Toru Nakahara attached, with no release date or casting yet.
- Netflix and SEGA said the new Sonic series will target an upper-preschool audience and is a separate project from the earlier Sonic Prime run, with Carlos Stevens and Toru Nakahara developing the show.
- Stranger Than Heaven, a prequel-linked title from RGG Studio tied to the Like a Dragon universe, will be adapted as a live-action project produced by Toru Nakahara and described by SEGA as an action drama.
- Executives framed the collaboration as part of Netflix’s wider strategy to expand game-based content, with both companies emphasizing named creative attachments and a promise to honor fans while development details, schedules and budgets remain undisclosed.