Sweeney will produce (so far) and Bay will direct the adaptation of the successful 1980s video game franchise which had players driving a Ferrari car.

Sega has taken a look at the Sonic movies' box office earnings and decided that, yes, it would like to make several hundred million dollars please.

While the industry is having a moment with video game adaptations, Universal is no stranger to adapting them into hit movies. OutRun is slated to follow The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Five Nights at Freddy’s, which grossed $1.4 billion and $290 million, respectively, in global box office.