The Shinobi franchise was first released on SEGA arcade systems back in 1987 and the side-scrolling hack-and-slash game proved to be very popular. The story follows ninja Joe Musa

I'm not exactly sure what Sega's gameplan here is, but the developer has another live-action adaptation in the works, this time about Shinobi.

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The Sega video game franchise Shinobi is heading to the big screen, with Sam Hargrave directing for Universal.

Plot details haven’t been confirmed but “Shinobi” follows protagonist Joe Musashi as a modern-day ninja who confronts evil. It debuted in 1987 as an arcade game and has evolved into a franchise that spans 14 sequels with over five million copies sold to date.

Sega 's classic hack-and-slash video game series Shinobi is being turned into a movie, and the director behind Extraction and Extraction 2 is making it.

Sega said Wednesday one of its most popular games, "Shinobi", will be made into a movie in a joint project with Universal Pictures, aiming to emulate the success of "Super