Former stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrave , who is best known for helming the Netflix action franchise Extraction, will bring a beloved Sega video game to life on the big scree

It’s just all about Sonic the Hedgehog. Another Sega videogame franchise is heading to the big screen, Shinobi, with Sam Hargrave directing for Universal. Ken Kobayashi (Sunny, Move On) is writing the screenplay adaptation of the arcade game,

Sega 's classic hack-and-slash video game series Shinobi is being turned into a movie, and the director behind Extraction and Extraction 2 is making it.

Universal Pictures is turning the Sega video game “Shinobi” into a feature film. The studio has enlisted “Extraction” filmmaker Sam Hargrave and producer Marc Platt to adapt the hack-and-slash series for the big screen.

Following in the footsteps of "Sonic the Hedgehog," the hack-and-slash ninja game will be the latest SEGA property to get the big screen treatment.

A Shinobi movie is in the works as a collaboration between Sega and Universal, and it's being helmed by the director of Chris Hemsworth vehicle Extraction.

A Shinobi motion picture adaptation is in development. SEGA and Universal Pictures announced the movie today in a joint press release.

Extraction filmmaker Sam Hargrave is getting into the video game business. The director is attached to helm Universal's Shinobi, an adaptation of the Sega game series that seems tailor-made to his action strengths.