Nekki and Story Kitchen announced a partnership to adapt the upcoming gun-fu action video game SPINE into a live-action film. SPINE follows the story of adventurous street artist Redline, who is accompanied by her sentient combat implant. Players and film audiences will join them as they challenge an autocratic AI regime and its goons at the Tensor Corporation to rescue her brother while learning to trust each other. SPINE is a cinematic story of rebellion, survival, and gun-fu action that explores the risks and benefits of AI in an immersive cyberpunk world.
Nekki is a leading developer and publisher in the gaming industry, known for creating the Shadow Fight series and the proprietary animation software Cascadeur.
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Story Kitchen is a dynamic media company passionate about universe-building and franchise architecture, specializing in the adaptation of video games and other ‘non-traditional’ IPs into film and television. Founded by Sonic the Hedgehog Producer and dj2 Entertainment Founder Dmitri M. Johnson and former APA Agent/Partner Mike Goldberg, with veteran Production and Development Executives Timothy I. Stevenson and Dan Jevon.
“We’re so pleased to bring SPINE to Story Kitchen,” said Dmitry Terekhin, Founder/CEO of Nekki. “We believe that truly great stories always stand out, and the SPINE universe will captivate audiences across any media.”
“When we first learned of the upcoming game from Nekki, we lost our collective minds and had to find a way to partner,” said the team at Story Kitchen. “SPINE, with its main character ‘Redline’, could not be more badass!”
SPINE will launch for PC and consoles in the future. Nekki plans to develop the game as a cross-media franchise, including downloadable content after release, comic books, a board game, and merchandise. Players can wishlist the game on Steam and keep to date with all the news on the official website, Discord, Twitter/X, Facebook, and Reddit.
For those interested in the game’s universe, Nekki publishes a webtoon comic, SPINE: Bullet Dancers, that lets fans dive into the world of SPINE before the game is released.
