Sam Hargrave (Extraction franchise) is set to direct the film and Ken Kobayashi (Sunny, Move On) is adapting the screenplay for Universal Pictures.

Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce through Marc Platt Productions. Dmitri M. Johnson will produce through Story Kitchen. Toru Nakahara will produce through SEGA. Mike Goldberg will executive produce alongside Timothy I. Stevenson, who is co-producing. 

The Shinobi series first debuted in 1987 as an arcade game and primarily follows protagonist Joe Musashi as a modern-day ninja who confronts great evil. Crafted with a focus on epic and edgy action, the Shinobi franchise spans fourteen games, including spinoffs, and ports, with 5M+ copies sold worldwide. A new entry in the series was revealed in late 2023.

More information about the new game will be revealed in the future.

Shinobi follows Universal Pictures’ 2023 video game adaptation success with The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Five Nights at Freddy’s which grossed over $1.4B and $290M respectively in the global box office.

Hargrave is repped by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP.

Kobayashi is repped by CAA, Redefine Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole LLP.

Story Kitchen is repped by WME and Pryor Cashman.

Marc Platt Productions is repped by Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris.

Toru Nakahara negotiated on behalf of SEGA.

Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production Development Ryan Jones and Director of Production Development Christine Sun will oversee the project for the Studio.