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Sega's fighting game Eternal Champions is the next video game series to get a movie adaptation


Sega's Eternal Champions is the next video game franchise to get a silver-screen adaptation. Whilst it's hardly surpris…

However, according to Hollywood Reporter, that's exactly what's happening, with Jurassic World trilogy writer Derek Connolly set to write the live-action screenplay. Eternal Champions is just one of several adaptations in production right now, including Amazon Prime's highly-anticipated Yakuza: Like a Dragon TV series, which is set to premiere on 24th October. Zelnick was asked about the film's less-than-stellar early reviews during an earnings call earlier this month, and whilst he called the "look and the feel" of the movie "terrific", Zelnick said its performance "wouldn't have a financial impact" on Take-Two or, indeed, the Borderlands franchise itself.

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