{"id":5573,"date":"2025-04-22T10:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:20:32","slug":"michael-bay-to-turn-sega-80s-classic-into-a-movie-amazing-soundtrack-guaranteed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/michael-bay-to-turn-sega-80s-classic-into-a-movie-amazing-soundtrack-guaranteed\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bay to turn Sega 80s classic into a movie: amazing soundtrack guaranteed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Starring Sydney Sweeneyas “Nagging Girlfriend” (Sega)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hollywood\u2019s new love for video game movies has somehow convinced Sydney Sweeney<\/a> to sign up for an adaptation of Sega<\/a> arcade classic OutRun.<\/p>\n

If film companies had any hesitation about going all in on video game movies, after the success of The Super Mario<\/a> Bros. Movie, that will have entirely evaporated after the equally lucrative A Minecraft<\/a> Movie.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already had a Tetris movie<\/a> (which was actually quite good) so we can\u2019t make that joke any more, but the latest Sega adaptation seems almost equally nonsensical: a film based on 1986 arcade hit OutRun.<\/p>\n

OutRun is a racing game with no story or characters and hasn\u2019t had a new entry in 17 years\u2026 so of course it\u2019s the natural follow-up to Minecraft and Mario. It is apparently happening though, with no less than Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney set to be involved.<\/p>\n

After the success of the Sonic The Hedgehog movies, which is arguably what kickstarted the current golden age (in terms of success, if not quality) of video game movies, Sega has been trying to push through adaptations of many of its older titles<\/a>, including such unlikely seeming ideas as Streets Of Rage, The House Of The Dead, Space Channel 5, Shinobi, Comix Zone, and Eternal Champions.<\/p>\n

OutRun has never been mentioned before, although original creator Yu Suzuki did state, in 2019, that he wanted to make a new game<\/a>. More recently, Sega renewed the trademark<\/a> for the series, but other than that it\u2019s essentially a dead franchise.<\/p>\n

It also has literally no story elements or characters. You played as a male driver with a blonde female passenger, in a red Ferrari. The woman would berate the driver if you crashed, or when you win and get kissed by a different girl handing out a trophy – which is as close as it ever got to having a narrative.<\/p>\n

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