Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced today that its action shooter game Contra will be made into a live-action movie and Contra TV show.
The latest game in the popular series is the mobile game, Contra: Return which was released in China to critical acclaim.
It seems that video game adaptations are on the rise, with Warcraft becoming the biggest video game movie} at the worldwide box office last year.
There were reports in April that a script for a Contra movie, submitted by Beijing Starlit Movie and TV Culture, was approved by China’s film bureau.
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