Draft:Mega Man (film)

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Mega Man
Directed by
Written by
Based onMega Man
by Capcom[a]
Produced by
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mega Man (tentative title) is an upcoming American science fiction action film based on the video game franchise of the same name published by Capcom. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman from a script they wrote with Mattson Tomlin and Josh Koenigsberg, the film is produced by Capcom, Chernin Entertainment, and Supermarché for the streaming service Netflix.

A Mega Man film entered development in December 2014 at 20th Century Fox and was revealed in September 2015 with Chernin Entertainment involved. Joost and Schulman were hired by July 2017, and Capcom officially announced the film in October 2018. After Fox was acquired by Disney in March 2019, Capcom continued work on the film with Chernin, and Tomlin was hired in January 2020 to rewrite the script. The film was picked up by Netflix by December 2021 as part of a deal with Chernin, while Koenigsberg joined as a co-writer by August 2022.

Mega Man is scheduled to be released on Netflix.

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

Development of a film based on the Capcom video game series Mega Man had begun by December 2014 when 20th Century Fox registered a website domain for such a film.[1][2] A Mega Man film was revealed to be in development at Fox and Chernin Entertainment in September 2015, with the latter's CEO Peter Chernin set to serve as a producer. The executives overseeing the production for Chernin and Fox were respectively David Ready and Michael Finfer, and Mike Ireland and Ryan Horrigan.[3] Fox had attempted to secure the Mega Man film rights for over two years, and officially signed a deal to do so in early 2017. Filmmaking duo Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman were in final negotiations to write and direct the film in July 2017, when Masi Oka joined as a producer.[4] Capcom officially announced the live-action film with the tentative title Mega Man in October 2018, as part of their plans to increase value in the franchise following the Mega Man original series video game Mega Man 11, which was released that month. Capcom confirmed the involvement of Joost, Schulman, and Oka. The studios were set to use a high budget to depict the world of the Mega Man games in the film, which was intended to appeal to both video game and action film audiences.[5] After Fox was officially acquired by the Walt Disney Company in March 2019,[6] Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in August that several films Fox had in development would not move forward, citing operating losses from that studio in Disney's third fiscal quarter.[7] The Mega Man film was believed to have been shelved.[8] Capcom announced in October that the Mega Man film remained on their slate of content to create further awareness for the brand.[9]

In January 2020, Disney and Chernin mutually agreed to end their producing deal, citing Disney rarely having third-party studios finance their films. Chernin Entertainment was set to retain 70 of its projects from Fox, while the remaining productions were Disney-owned properties that would still involve Chernin as an executive producer.[10] Later that month, Mattson Tomlin was revealed to be rewriting the Mega Man script.[11][12] In April, Chernin signed a non-exclusive multi-year first-look film deal between Chernin Entertainment and the streaming service Netflix.[13] Joost and Schulman said in July that major updates would soon be provided for the film, and confirmed they invited Tomlin to co-write the script after writing their Netflix film Project Power (2020). The duo wanted to combine their interest in robotics and the future of automation with their favorite Mega Man games, and called Mega Man an "underdog hero".[14] In August, Tomlin said his approach was to explore Mega Man as a real person with a "primal and emotional" story that could be relatable beyond the character's traditional depictions.[15] In December 2021, Joost and Schulman's production company Supermarché was revealed to be developing the film alongside Chernin Entertainment for Netflix, with the duo's in-house producer Orlee-Rose Strauss also attached.[16][17] Ryan Leston at IGN reported the film was still in early development at that time.[17] Schulman confirmed in August 2022 that he and Joost were still writing the film for Netflix, saying it would explore the future of automation and "man and robot becoming one" as either being good or bad.[18] Joost soon revealed that Josh Koenigsberg, who co-wrote the duo's film Secret Headquarters (2022), was writing a new draft of the screenplay with the duo and hoped to turn in a completed draft to Netflix in the following weeks. Koenigsberg said he had replayed past Mega Man video games to research the property.[19]

Release[edit]

Mega Man is scheduled to be released on the streaming service Netflix.[19]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Mega Man was developed and published by Capcom, directed by Akira Kitamura, produced by Takashi Nishiyama, and illustrated by Yasuaki Kishimoto, Naoya Tomita, Keiji Inafune, and Akira Kitamura.

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Boyle, Lance (September 2, 2015). "{TB Exclusive} A Mega Man Movie Is A Go at Fox". The Tracking Board. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Kit, Borys (July 19, 2017). "Catfish Helmers in Talks to Direct Mega Man Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Vincent, Brittany (October 4, 2018). "Capcom Finalizes Deal to Turn Mega Man Into Live-Action Film". Variety. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018. – via "Mega Man to be Adapted into Live-Action Hollywood Film for the First Time!" (Press release). Capcom. October 4, 2018. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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  8. ^ Switzer, Eric (August 8, 2019). "Disney Just Scrapped Mega Man, Magic: The Gathering, And Sims Movies". The Gamer. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  9. ^ Fischer, Tyler (October 29, 2019). "Mega Man Movie Still Happening, According to Capcom". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2021. – via "Capcom | Financial Review (Japan GAAP)" (Press release). Capcom. October 29, 2019. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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  13. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 7, 2020). "Netflix Sets Chernin Entertainment To Multi-Year First Look Film Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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  19. ^ a b Douglas, Edward (August 16, 2022). "Secret Headquarters Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman on Working With Jerry Bruckheimer and Prepping Kids for Action Scenes". Below the Line. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.

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