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Shinobi slices its way to film in deal with Universal Pictures and director Sam Hargrave

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sega announced that its Shinobi game franchise will get the film treatment in a movie deal with Universal Pictures and director Sam Hargrave.

Hargrave, director on the Extraction franchise, will direct an an adaptation of Sega’s franchise, Shinobi, with Ken Kobayashi (Sunny, Move On) adapting the screenplay. It’s part of Hollywood’s continuing bond with games in the modern era.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.