Capcom Locks And Loads Live-Action MEGA MAN For Fox
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman will direct MEGA MAN with Oka Masi and Chernin Entertainment producing for 20th Century Fox.
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MEGA MAN Animated Series Moves Forward With DHX, Dentsu
In case you forgot, Capcom property Mega Man is making quite a comeback in the next few years. On one end, 20th Century Fox are currently tasked with adapting it to live-action, and on the other, a brand new animated series is in development as of last summer with Dentsu Entertainment USA, Inc. and Man Of Action Entertainment. This week, those efforts are now continuing as per the latest announcement citing DHX Media Ltd. in a joint effort toward a 26-episode series installation, last reported for Disney XD, based on the 1987 game franchise. Read on: SANTA MONICA, Calif. and HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Dentsu Entertainment USA, Inc. and DHX Media Ltd. (“DHX”) (NASDAQ: DHXM; TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B), the world’s leading independent, pure-play kids’ content company, have struck a global deal to develop, co-produce, distribute and jointly manage licensing for a new Mega Man™ animated series […]
Live-Action MEGA MAN Gets Greenlit At Fox
The live-action videogame genre continues its push in film following recent updates on games like Assassin’s Creed, Borderlands, Mortal Kombat and Tekken to name a few. The word now is that a live-action version of the classic Nintendo franchise, Mega Man, is now in development at Fox with Peter Chernin of Chernin Entertain producing. Launching in 1987 from Capcom with Rock Man as its Japanese title, the 8-bit Nintendo franchise focused on the story of Dr. Light, whose work ends up stolen by Dr. Wily and is converted into a squad of evil battle droids with specific skills, with the goal of world domination. In response, Light upgrades his lab assistant, Rock, arming him with a canon and battle armor and software to help absorb the powers of Wily’s droids upon their defeat. The news comes just a few months after it was announced that Disney XD would be broadcasting […]
Disney XD Gets A New MEGA MAN Animated Series In 2017
I haven’t played any of the games on Nintendo since Nintendo was a thing, on top of having watched Mega Man as an animated series in the 90’s. Frankly though, I had always wished for a live action feature film to arise and Hollywood seemed to be able to do that at the time, at least in my opinion. Of course for a niche that has been rather sensitive toward studios getting their favorite properties right for live-action, I can certainly understand why a studio would seek other venues. Alas, Mega Man is heading back to television in two years according to an announcement from Dentsu Entertainment USA to premiere on Disney XD in time for its 30th anniversary. I suppose this may will be fun too. SANTA MONICA, CA – Dentsu Entertainment USA has partnered with Man of Action Entertainment to develop a 26-episode animated series based on Capcom’s […]