Streets of Rage 3

Sega and Lionsgate have announced that their long-in-development Streets of Rage movie has just picked up Jeymes Samuel as director and Pat Casey and Josh Miller as writers.

The Streets of Rage movie adaptation will be handled by the writers behind the Sonic movies and the director of The Harder They Fall.

A movie based on Sega's Streets of Rage video game has been in the works for years, and now the latest development has unfolded. John Wick creator Derek Kolstad is no longer writing the movie, with Sonic the Hedgehog writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller taking over. Additionally, Jeymes Samuel is now attached to direct the movie. Casey and Miller wrote all three Sonic the Hedgehog movies so far, and are returning for the fourth. in 2027. The three movies have together made more than $1.2 billion at the box office. Lionsgate movie boss Erin Westerman said the Streets of Rage movie "demanded a bold

Though you may have forgotten about it, a Streets of Rage movie has been in the works since 2022. Originally, Hollywood's current go-to action screenwriter Derek Kolstad (of John Wick fame) was attached. Now, the slow-moving project has evolved and recruited two new writers, plus a director. Read more