Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced today that its action shooter game, “Contra”, will be made into a live-action movie and TV drama series!
Ever since its debut as an action-packed arcade game in 1987, the world famous “Contra” series has continued to deliver button-mashing fun across multiple platforms such as home systems and mobile devices.
In 2633, the evil Red Falcon Organization have set a base on the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to conquer the world,” Wiki explains of the plot. Two commandos, Pfc. Bill Rizer and Pfc. Lance Bean of the Contra unit (an elite group of soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare), are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them.
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Also via Wiki, “Contra” was followed by “Super Contra” a year later. Following the success, subsequent sequels would be produced specifically for the home console market such as “Contra III: The Alien Wars” for the Super NES and “Contra: Hard Corps” for the Genesis, becoming one of Konami’s landmark series. As of 2014, the series has 11 installments.
For this project, Konami will be headquartered in Beijing, China, and partnered with Starlight Film, among others, to produce the films. Starlight Film is a video production company founded in 2005.
Further details about the production will be announced at a later date.
NECA recently released action figures based on the “Contra” badasses, Bill and Lance.