Sega’s Eternal Champions, released for the Sega Genesis in 1993, is getting adapted into a movie.
Skydance is behind the project who recently bought Paramount, home of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies.
The details include Jurassic World franchise scribe Derek Connolly is writing a live-action adaptation of Eternal Champions.
David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger are set to produce for Skydance, while Toru Nakahara, known for overseeing the adaptation of Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, will produce on behalf of Sega.
What is Eternal Champions about?
The game is a fighting game similar to Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.
The game aimed to distinguish itself with unique features, including a stronger focus on its storyline, characters from various time periods, reflectable projectiles, force fields, weapon-wielding fighters, a training mode where players had to defend against robotic traps, an innovative move execution system, and elaborate stage-specific finishing moves known as “Overkills.”
THR also describes Eternal Champions as:
In order to change the dire fate of Earth, a being known as the Eternal Champion marshals the souls of key humans from across history, people who were destined for greatness but died before fulfilling their promise. The individuals are thrown into a contest of champions, with the winner regaining their life and becoming the hero Earth needs in order to restore balance, while the others return to moments before their death.
(Via THR)
