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Live action Mega Man movie in development

September 3, 2015 by Luke Owen

There’s been a resurgence in video game movies over the last couple of months. Not only did we get the release of Hitman: Agent 47, but there has been news of James Wan producing the a Mortal Kombat reboot and Nintendo throwing their hat into the movie business again after the failure of 1993’s Super Mario Bros. and the aborted attempt to bring Metroid to the silver screen. Now it looks like Mega Man is going to jump to another platform.

Tracking Board is reporting that 20th Century Fox have optioned the rights to make a live action movie based on Capcom’s classic platformer. Currently the project has no writer or director, but it does have a team of producers behind it.

Earlier in the year, Man of Action announced they were developing an animated series based on the character for next year – which will coincide with the character’s 30th anniversary.

SEE ALSO: Sony developing animated Super Mario Bros. movie

Mega Man first debuted on the NES and has ten sequels and several spin-offs including the very successful and popular Mega Man X. The game centres around a robot boy, Mega Man, who was created by Dr. Light to fight against the evil robots created by Dr. Wily. The series is so popular that there’s even a band called Protomen who have written two albums of music based on the character.

Video game movies have been heavily criticised over the years, but some would say Capcom have had the best run so far. The Resident Evil series may not be critically loved, but they certainly made money and the Japanese produced live action Phoenix Wright movie was beloved by fans. Even their live action Street Fighter movie has developed somewhat of a cult following.

Are you excited to see a Mega Man movie?

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Mega Man

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