Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’
Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.
Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series “built for kids who want to feel a little edge,” and a live-action movie based on the upcoming Stranger Than Heaven from Yakuza developer RGG Studio. The Crazy Taxi movie will be the first project released, though it doesn’t have a debut date yet. Netflix also already has three seasons of a Sonic show called Sonic Prime.
Here’s Netflix’s descriptions of the upcoming adaptations:
Crazy Taxi:
Since its 1999 arcade debut, Crazy Taxi has put players behind the wheel of a fearless cabbie racing the clock through chaotic city streets — flying off ramps, dodging traffic, and chasing tips with punk-rock energy that became the series’ signature. The...
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