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‘That’s our next mission — proving that games are art’: meet Story Kitchen, the bold, trail-blazing studio behind the popular Sonic movies that wants to turn your favorite game into the next movie or TV hit

By TECHRADAR.COM

Last updated: August 1, 2026

“It is easier , but it’s not easy,” Story Kitchen co-founder Dmitri Johnson interjects.

I’m midway through an in-depth conversation with Johnson and business partner Mike Goldberg about their pioneering entertainment company when the former clarifies something he alluded to earlier.

The topic in question? Pitching movies and TV shows based on video game properties to other studio figureheads is still challenging. That’s in spite of myriad recent examples of popular game franchises being turned into other screen-based art forms that have achieved critical and commercial success.

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‘That’s our next mission — proving that games are art’: meet Story Kitchen, the bold, trail-blazing studio behind the popular Sonic movies that wants to turn your favorite game into the next movie or TV hit

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