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Dynasty Warriors/Shin Sangokumusou Games Get Live-Action Film in 2018
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By Egan Loo
Producer Akihiro Suzuki franchise has been green-lit. The Hong Kong company China 3D is producing the project.
【鈴木P】真・三國無双シリーズの映画化(実写版)が決定しました!制作会社は香港のChina 3Dです。#smusou7 pic.twitter.com/vfT6PZWrDr
— 真・三國無双7 (@smusou7) March 15, 2016
The games bring The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong's classic novel about a wartorn era in Chinese history, to the hack-and-slash genre. Samurai Warriors series).
Many of the spinoffs involve collaborations with other franchises, such as Arslan Senki) manga, followed in Japan last October and in the West in February.
Koei Tecmo teased during its "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 30th Anniversary Announcement" event last May that its Omega Force team is working on a new installment in the action game franchise.
[Via Hachima Kikō]
Update: The production is preparing this year to begin filming in 2017. The staff aims to open the film in China, Hong Kong, and Macao in 2018. Expansion to other regions, including Japan, has not been decided. Roy Hin Yeung Chow (Murderer, Nightfall, Rise of the Legend) is directing, and his wife Christine To Chi-Long (Murderer, Nightfall, Rise of the Legend) is writing.
Source: Gamer
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