Universal is bringing the classic Sega game series Shinobi to the big screen, with Extraction’s Sam Hargrave as director and comedian and writer Ken Kobayashi handling the screenplay. Story Kitchen, the creative studio that worked with Sega and Paramount on the Sonic the Hedgehog movies,

It’s just all about Sonic the Hedgehog. Another Sega videogame franchise is heading to the big screen, Shinobi, with Sam Hargrave directing for Universal. Ken Kobayashi (Sunny, Move On) is writing the screenplay adaptation of the arcade game,

Sega said Wednesday one of its most popular games, "Shinobi", will be made into a movie in a joint project with Universal Pictures, aiming to emulate the success of "Super Mario Bros".Sega said the companies hope the "Shinobi" movie will find box office success like "Super Mario Bros".

Via The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Hargrave has signed on to direct the Shinobi movie. Hargrave is a former stuntman and stunt coordinator who directed both Extraction movies on Netflix starring Chris Hemsworth. Hargrave is also slated to direct Extraction 3 for the streamer. Ken Kobayashi will write the script for Shinobi.

This Universal movie will be directed by Sam Hargrave, with Ken Kobayashi ( Sunny, Move On) writing the screenplay adaptation of the side-scrolling hack-and-slash which originally debuted in arcades in 1987.

Universal Pictures is turning the Sega video game “Shinobi” into a feature film. The studio has enlisted “Extraction” filmmaker Sam Hargrave and producer Marc Platt to adapt the hack-and-slash series for the big screen.

Following in the footsteps of "Sonic the Hedgehog," the hack-and-slash ninja game will be the latest SEGA property to get the big screen treatment.

Sega's classic hack-and-slash video game series Shinobi is being turned into a movie, and the director behind Extraction and Extraction 2 is making it. Sega announced in a press release that it's teaming up with Universal Studios to make the Shinobi movie,

A Shinobi motion picture adaptation is in development. SEGA and Universal Pictures announced the movie today in a joint press release.

Extraction filmmaker Sam Hargrave is getting into the video game business. The director is attached to helm Universal's Shinobi, an adaptation of the Sega game series that seems tailor-made to his action strengths.