Superheroes in general always came off as kind of fanciful to me, and I wanted to do something that would have been more in the vein of 'Terminator' and 'Aliens,' that you buy into the reality right away. Mega Man adds to a huge slate of upcoming video game adaptations coming to Netflix including Capcom’s own Resident Evil franchise."I wanted to make something that had a kind of gritty reality to it.
IMDb updated the project to be in pre-production as of December 5th, 2021.
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But I don’t think that that’s an R-rated movie either.” I don’t want to say what our comps are because it might betray a little bit too much, but it is not squarely in the kid territory. “I think it’s something that the kids will like. Going back to the aforementioned Polygon interview, Matt Tomlin was asked whether the movie would be like Sonic the Hedgehog (who also recently got a live-action adaptation) where he responded: They’ve also worked on FX’s American Horror Story. Again, no official confirmation of their involvement beyond them listed here but it’s worth noting they’ve done many projects where animation is included in real-life shots. Moving Picture Company (MPC) are listed among the special effects companies for the movie on IMDb. So that all but officially confirms we will see Mega Man come to Netflix.Įverything else known about the Netflix Mega Man Movie Features in the works include: an adaptation of Capcom’s MEGA MAN for Chernin Entertainment and Netflix, which they wrote and are directing” “Henry, Rel, and their in-house producer Orlee-Rose Strauss maintain an active development slate. The part we’re most interested in is the section that says:
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Now, fast forward to December 2021, some eagle-eyed fans have spotted an update to Super Marche’s website which is the site for the production company helmed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. I’m really excited about what the guys are going to do with that movie and hopefully, there’ll be some news about it soon.” He did say, however, that it’ll be “universal and primal and emotional and everybody can kind of relate to” adding “I’m really excited about that script. In August 2020, Mattson Tomlin spoke to Polygon briefly about the Mega Man movie saying it was still in development but didn’t mention where it’d be landing. But again, radio silence on Mega Man until later that year. That led many to speculate the movie would eventually move over to Netflix. That was until April 2020 when it was announced that Chernin Entertainment was signing a brand new first-look deal with Netflix.
It was even thought that Disney scrapped the project in 2019 following its acquisition of 20th Century Fox. The project has since been incredibly quiet since that initial announcement with work happening below the radar. In addition, Capcom has said the movie would be “an adaptation that maintains the world of the Mega Man games while incorporating the grand production and entertainment value that Hollywood movies are known for.” In addition, further reports indicated that Masi Oka would produce and Mattson Tomlin would also be on the writing team. It was later announced that Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman were announced to write and direct the project. Chernin Entertainment notably was working extensively with 20th Century Fox at this point. Let’s rewind a second as the Mega Man movie has been in development for quite some time.īack in September 2015, Chernin Entertainment was attached to a Mega Man live-action project which was set to be released by 20th Century Fox.