Netflix is adapting the critically acclaimed video game Sifu into a feature film. Initially announced in 2022 as a collaboration between Story Kitchen and Sloclap (the game's developer), the project has expanded its production team. Deadline reports that T.S. Nowlin, writer of the Maze Runner franchise and Netflix's Project Adam, has joined to pen the screenplay. While Derek Kolstad's involvement remains unclear, Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick films, and his production company 87Eleven Entertainment will serve as executive producers. Stahelski is also working on the Ghost of Tsushima adaptation.
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Released in 2022, Sifu rapidly gained popularity, selling over one million copies in its first three weeks. The game follows a young martial artist's quest for vengeance after their master's murder. Using a mystical pendant that allows resurrection at the cost of accelerated aging, the protagonist faces perilous challenges and intricate plots.
