You know how every Persona game ends with a god in all their hubris proclaiming that humanity desires destruction and to not feel anything and just vibe into eternal darkness, or whatever? I feel like we’re dealing with that right now as Netflix has latched onto Atlus’ supernatural teen life sim RPG as its next live-action adaptation while the real Persona heads are screaming “no, you idiot” at its barely corporeal form.
On June 29, Variety reported that, according to sources, Netflix is currently developing a live-action series based on the Persona franchise. The report doesn’t specify which game or characters from the popular Atlus series will appear in the show or if it will be a new story set in the same universe. Earlier this month, Atlus officially teased the next entry in the series, Persona 6.
Christopher Monfette is reportedly attached to write the series and will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Previously, Monfette has written and produced on shows like 9-1-1 for Fox and ABC as well as Star Trek Picard for Paramount.
Variety says Netflix declined to comment about the reported Persona series.
Shawn Levy and Robert Atwood will also be executive producers on the Persona series via 21 Laps, which recently helped produce the box office blockbuster Backrooms. Levy directed Deadpool & Wolverine. His next film is Star Wars: Starfighter. Story Kitchen is also involved in the Persona series at Netflix. Story Kitchen is a studio that has its hands in some other upcoming adaptations, like a Split Flition live-action project.
The Persona live-action series could still fall apart as it’s reportedly in the early stages of development. That’s something I imagine a lot of fans might be rooting for right now…
But if it doesn’t, it will join other Netflix video game adaptations, like The Witcher, Arcane, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which is coming back for a highly anticipated second season later this year.