Sega Is Looking to Adapt Atlus Game Franchises Like PERSONA Into Live-Action Films and TV Shows
Sega has announced that it’s looking to develop live-action films and TV shows based on Atlus’s game franchises, which include the Persona, Catherine and Shin Megami Tensei series. Sega wants to team up with Atlus to, “expand the lore,” of these games with several movie and TV projects and these projects are already being explored with various studios and producers.
Toru Nakahara, the lead producer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic Prime, recently spoke with IGN, and shared: “Atlus's worlds are filled with high drama, cutting-edge style and compelling characters. Stories like those from the Persona franchise really resonate with our fans and we see an opportunity to expand the lore like no one has seen - or played - before."
Nakahara added: "Together, Sega and Atlus, are working to bring these stories and worlds to life through new mediums and for new audiences."
It wasn’t revealed what studios or producers Sega and Atlus are currently working with. If you’re not familiar with the games mentioned, here’s a brief explanation of each one.
Perona follows groups of high school students in various settings around modern Japan. Its overall theme “is exploration of the human psyche and how the characters find their true selves. The series' recurring concepts and design elements draw on Jungian psychology, psychological personas and tarot cards, along with religion, mythology, and literature themes and influences.”
Catherine follows Vincent Brooks, “a man who is beset by supernatural nightmares while torn between his feelings for his longtime girlfriend Katherine and the similarly named beauty Catherine.”
Shin Megami Tensei follows a “protagonist who lives in near-future Tokyo. When a portal to the realm of demons is opened accidentally by a scientist named Steven and is seized by Gotou, a military commander who believes that he can control the demons, the United States government orders a nuclear attack on Tokyo.”
These have the potential to make for some cool and fun film and TV projects!