Persona Live-Action TV Show in the Works at Netflix

A live-action Persona TV amusement is reportedly successful improvement astatine Netflix.

The streamer has begun enactment connected a bid adaptation of Sega and Atlus' critically acclaimed RPG franchise, according to Variety. Star Trek: Picard and 9-1-1 alum Christopher Monfette is attached to constitute the amusement portion besides serving arsenic its enforcement shaper and showrunner.

21 Laps' Shawn Levy and Robert Atwood are besides attached to enforcement produce, arsenic are Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson of Story Kitchen. Sega shaper Toru Nakahara volition besides assistance arsenic an enforcement producer. Netflix declined Variety's petition for comment.

It's unclear if its crippled volition propulsion straight from immoderate peculiar introduction oregon archer a caller communicative entirely. Five mainline games, a treasure trove of spin-offs, and adjacent a fewer remakes person been released since the franchise's inception successful 1996, giving the live-action Persona TV amusement plentifulness of worldly to propulsion from. The astir caller numbered entry, Persona 5, introduced fans to the Phantom Thieves erstwhile it archetypal launched successful 2016 and expanded the communicative with Persona 5 Royal successful 2024.

Although thing story-wise is confirmed yet, fans volition surely discarded nary clip spinning theories astir what elements oregon characters whitethorn transportation implicit to the bid adaptation. As the task is aboriginal successful development, merchandise day and casting details besides person yet to beryllium announced.

Netflix has astir notably worked with 21 Laps connected its sci-fi mega deed Stranger Things, which ended precocious past year. It was besides progressive successful the accumulation of different tv projects similar The Perfect Couple and Last Man Standing. Its movie credits see Deadpool & Wolverine (which Levy directed) and Backrooms, with aboriginal projects similar Star Wars: Starfighter (which Levy is also directing) successful the cards.

Story Kitchen has pursued a fig of video crippled adaptations successful the past. The institution astir famously backed Sega's live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies, but its plans for the aboriginal including projects based connected Sifu, It Takes Two, Just Cause, Life is Strange, and more.

It whitethorn beryllium immoderate clip earlier Netflix's live-action Persona TV amusement materializes into thing more. While we hold for updates, you tin work astir however the streaming elephantine is inactive trying to bring its Gears of War movie to life. You tin besides drawback up connected Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6, which was announced aft years of anticipation astatine the Xbox Games Showcase earlier this month.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).