Netflix Developing Live-Action Persona Series
This marks the first live-action adaptation of the Persona franchise, which has previously been adapted into anime and stage productions, and brings together the production teams behind Stranger Things and the Sonic the Hedgehog films.
Reporting from 6 sources: Anime News Network, KAI-YOU, Cinema Today, GIGAZINE, and 2 more.
Netflix is developing a live-action television series based on Atlus and Sega's Persona video game franchise, according to a report from Variety. The project has Christopher Monfette attached as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Monfette's credits include the final two seasons of Star Trek: Picard, 12 Monkeys, and 9-1-1. The series will be produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, the company behind Stranger Things, and Story Kitchen, the production outfit founded by Sonic the Hedgehog film producer Dmitri M. Johnson. Sega's Toru Nakahara, who produced the Sonic movie series, will also serve as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Shawn Levy, Robert Atwood, Dan Levine, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson. Variety's report did not specify whether the adaptation will follow the story of a specific Persona game. The Persona franchise, which launched in 1996 as a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The franchise includes six numbered titles and multiple spin-off games. Netflix declined to comment on the report. The series would join Netflix's growing catalog of video game adaptations, which includes The Witcher, Arcane, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Christopher Monfette is also attached to Marvel Studios' upcoming Disney+ series Vision Quest. Emily Feher of 21 Laps Entertainment is overseeing the project for the production company.
Story Kitchen, the production company founded by Dmitri M. Johnson, was launched in 2022. The company is also producing a live-action Tomb Raider series for Netflix and a live-action Life Is Strange series for Amazon Prime Video. Charlie Covell, who worked on Netflix's The End of the F***ing World and KAOS, is attached as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the Life Is Strange project.
The Persona franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The most recent release is Persona 5: The Phantom X, which launched in 2025. Persona 4 Revival, a remake of the 2008 game, is scheduled for release on February 18, 2027, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC with Xbox Game Pass, and PC via Steam. Atlus confirmed in June that Persona 6 is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC, Xbox Cloud, and PC via Steam.
Multiple Persona games have been adapted into anime and stage productions since the 2000s, but this is the first live-action adaptation for the franchise. The series would join Netflix's catalog of video game adaptations that includes live-action productions such as The Witcher and animated projects including Arcane, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 6 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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