Editing Mega Man (section)

=== Film adaptation ===
Development of a film based on ''Mega Man'' had begun by December 2014 when [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] registered a website domain for the film.<ref name="FoxWebsiteDomain" /><ref name="FoxWebsiteDomain2" /> In September 2015, Fox was revealed to be developing the film with [[Chernin Entertainment]], and its CEO [[Peter Chernin]] was set to serve as a producer, with [[David Ready]] and Michael Finfer overseeing the production for Chernin, while Mike Ireland and Ryan Horrigan were overseeing for Fox.<ref name="FoxCherninDevelopSep2015" /> Fox had attempted to secure the ''Mega Man'' rights for over two years, and officially signed a deal to do so in early 2017. The filmmaking duo of [[Henry Joost]] and [[Ariel Schulman]] were in final negotiations to write and direct the film for Fox and Chernin Entertainment in July 2017, when [[Masi Oka]] joined as a producer.<ref name="JoostSchulmanJuly2017" /> In October 2018, Capcom officially announced that a live-action film was in development at Fox and Chernin Entertainment, and confirmed the involvement of Joost and Schulman along with Oka. The film was part of Capcom's plans to increase value in the ''Mega Man'' franchise following the release of the [[Mega Man (original series)|''Mega Man'' original series]] video game ''[[Mega Man 11]]'' that month, and the company intended for the film to draw different audiences interested in video games or [[action film]]s. The film was set to depict the world of the ''Mega Man'' games by using a higher-budgeted film production.<ref name="CapcomFinalizeOct2018" /> In March 2019, [[The Walt Disney Company]] officially [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquired]] Fox,<ref name="DisneyFoxDealClose" /> and in August, Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] announced that several films in development at Fox would not be progressing, citing operating losses from that studio in Disney's third fiscal quarter;<ref name="DisneyFoxAug2019" /> the ''Mega Man'' film was believed to have been one of these films.<ref name="DisneyCancels" /> That October, Capcom announced that ''Mega Man'' remained slated for a live-action film adaptation to create further awareness for the brand.<ref name="CapcomStillDevelopOct2019" />

In January 2020, Disney and Chernin mutually agreed to end their production deal, citing Disney rarely having third-party studios finance their films. Chernin Entertainment was set to retain 70 of its projects from Fox, while the remaining productions were Disney-owned properties that would still involve Chernin as an executive producer.<ref name="DisneyCherninExit" /> Later that month, [[Mattson Tomlin]] was revealed to be rewriting the ''Mega Man'' script.<ref name="Tomlin" /><ref name="TomlinRewrite" /> In April, Chernin signed a non-exclusive multi-year first-look film deal between Chernin Entertainment and the streaming service [[Netflix]].<ref name="CherninNetflixDeal" /> In July, Joost and Schulman said that "big news" would soon be provided for the film, and said they invited Tomlin to co-write the script after he wrote their Netflix film ''[[Project Power]]'' (2020), a process they enjoyed. Joost and Schulman wanted to combine their interest in [[robotics]] and the future of [[automation]] with their favorite ''Mega Man'' games, and called [[Mega Man (character)|Mega Man]] an "underdog hero".<ref name="JoostSchulmanTomlin" /> In August, Tomlin said his approach was to explore Mega Man as a real person with a "primal and emotional" story that can be relatable beyond the character's traditional depictions.<ref name="TomlinAug2020" /> In December 2021, Joost and Schulman's production company Supermarché was revealed to be developing the film alongside Chernin Entertainment for Netflix, with the duo's in-house producer Orlee-Rose Strauss also attached.<ref name="NetflixDec2021CBR" /><ref name="NetflixDec2021IGN" /> Ryan Leston at ''[[IGN]]'' reported the film was still in early development at that time.<ref name="NetflixDec2021IGN" /> In August 2022, Schulman confirmed that he and Joost were writing a ''Mega Man'' film adaptation for Netflix, and said it would explore the future of automation and "man and robot becoming one" as either being good or bad.<ref name="JoostSchulmanIFHAug2022" /> Shortly after, Joost said that Josh Koenigsberg, who co-wrote Joost and Schulman's film ''[[Secret Headquarters]]'' (2022), was writing a new draft of the screenplay with the duo and hoped to turn in a completed draft to Netflix in the following weeks. Koenigsberg said he had replayed past ''Mega Man'' video games to research the property.<ref name="JoostSchulmanKoenigsbergAug2022" />