According to a report on Deadline, Hollywood is preparing to tackle some of the more obscure Sega material, with a film adaptation currently planned for 1991 Sega Mega Drive game Rent A Hero. The original game mixed action-RPG elements with 2D fighting game combat. Its story centered on Taro Yamada, who takes on odd jobs around the city to pay off the ultra-powerful, super-strength-granting armor he received by accident.

If you want to watch a bunch of Japanese text, here's a sample of the gameplay. Some really awesome music kicks in at the 13-minute mark, and you won't see any actual combat until 17:38.

The adaptation has Tomoya Suzuki of Stories International—the collaborative production arm of Sega Group and Hakuhodo DY Group—teaming up with filmmakers Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine) and Jeff Morris. Pink and Morris are writing the script together, with Pink set to direct.

This is just one of many Sega property adaptations in the works at Stories International, which is also hoping to develop the likes of Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Virtua Fighter, Streets of Rage, and more into film, TV, and digital projects.

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS, every week at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.