{"id":681984,"date":"2026-04-06T07:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-is-now-turning-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-into-movies"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:56:53","slug":"sega-is-now-turning-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-into-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-is-now-turning-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-into-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega is now turning Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone into movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sega-is-now-turning-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-into-movies.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Sega is giving two more of its classic titles the movie treatment: Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone.\n<\/p>\n<p>No doubt inspired by the runaway success of the Sonic movies, Sega looks set to adapt the two games alongside Picturestart, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picturestart.com\/projects\/\">also working<\/a> on the upcoming Borderlands movie (which is seemingly now in post-production).\n<\/p>\n<p>Dance game Space Channel 5 will be retitled Channel 5 and, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/sega-adapting-space-channel-5-comix-zone-movies-1235202357\/\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, &#8220;tell the story of a hapless fast-food worker who is recruited by a freedom reporter from the future to save the world from aliens using the one thing that unites all people on the planet: our love of silly viral dances&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-is-now-turning-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-into-movies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-is-now-turning-space-channel-5-and-comix-zone-into-movies\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega is giving two more of its classic titles the movie treatment: Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone. No doubt inspired by the runaway success of the Sonic movies, Sega looks set to adapt the two games alongside Picturestart, which is also working on the upcoming Borderlands movie (which is seemingly now in post-production). Dance game Space Channel 5 will be retitled Channel 5 and, according to Hollywood Reporter, &#8220;tell the story of a hapless fast-food worker who is recruited by a freedom reporter from the future to save the world from aliens using the one thing that unites all people on the planet: our love of silly viral dances&#8221;. 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