Extraction filmmaker Sam Hargrave is getting into the video game business. The director is attached to helm Universal ‘s Shinobi, an adaptation of the Sega game series that seems tailor-made to his action strengths.

Universal is bringing the classic Sega game series Shinobi to the big screen, with Extraction’s Sam Hargrave as director and comedian and writer Ken Kobayashi handling the screenplay. Story Kitchen, the creative studio that worked with Sega and Paramount on the Sonic the Hedgehog movies,

Plot details haven’t been confirmed but “Shinobi” follows protagonist Joe Musashi as a modern-day ninja who confronts evil. It debuted in 1987 as an arcade game and has evolved into a franchise that spans 14 sequels with over five million copies sold to date.