Sega’s Altered Beast and Streets Of Rage to rise from their graves on TV and film

Sega has been trying to get some of its games not named Sonic The Hedgehog adapted to TV and film for several years now. The Japanese publisher went so far as to launch a production company called Stories International in 2011, which has been shopping around for partners to pick up a few of its old-school series like Virtua Fighter, Golden Axe, Altered Beast, and Streets Of Rage. Earlier this year, Shinobi, the game of ninja-on-ninja (and sometimes Spider-Man) violence, became the first of these legacy titles to find a home when producer Marc Platt (Rachel Getting Married, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) picked up its film rights, and now, as reported by Variety, Streets Of Rage and Altered Beast have joined its ranks. Stories International is producing the projects along with Circle Of Confusion, which has worked on Fear The Walking Dead and Powers. The companies are currently looking for studios to turn these games into both movies and TV shows.