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Tracking Board: Fox, Chernin Start Mega Man Film Development
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hollywood production service The Tracking Board reported on Wednesday that 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment are developing a film project based on CAPCOM's Mega Man franchise. The Chernin Group's Peter Chernin is producing the project, while David Ready and Michael Finfer is overseeing. Both Ready and Finfer are currently overseeing the ongoing Planet of the Apes franchise.
The Mega Man franchise (known as Rock Man in Japan) began in 1987 with CAPCOM's release of the firs Mega Man game on the Nintendo Famicom. The franchise has since spawned numerous games, with the latest in the main series, Mega Man 10, released in 2010. It has also spawned multiple manga and anime series and OVAs, as well as an American animated TV series. ADV Films released the Megaman: Upon a Star OVA in 2005. Viz Media released Ryo Takamisaki's MegaMan NT Warrior (Rockman.EXE) manga from 2004 to 2008, and also licensed the first two seasons of the anime adaptation, which aired on the Kids WB programming block. Viz also licensed the Megaman Star Force anime. CAPCOM released Mega Man Legacy Collection, a compilation of the first six Mega Man games, on August 25 for the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, and PC.
Chernin Entertainment is an entertainment company owned by Peter Chernin's The Chernin Group, who own a majority stake in the media distribution site Crunchyroll.
Source: ICv2
