Netflix to produce live-action Persona TV series

Netflix is officially developing a live-action television series based on the popular Persona video game franchise, according to multiple reports. The project, first reported by Variety, is in development with a notable creative team attached, though the streaming service has declined to comment.

Writer and producer Christopher Monfette is attached to serve as showrunner, executive producer, and writer for the adaptation. Monfette's previous credits include work on "Star Trek: Picard," "12 Monkeys," and "9-1-1," and he is also involved in the upcoming Marvel Studios series "VisionQuest." The production will be overseen by Shawn Levy and Robert Atwood of 21 Laps Entertainment, the production company behind Netflix's "Stranger Things," which is under an overall deal with the streamer. Also executive producing are Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson of Story Kitchen, a company specializing in video game adaptations, and Toru Nakahara of Sega, the publisher of the Persona series.

Specific plot details for the series remain unknown. It is unclear whether the adaptation will be based on a specific mainline Persona title or will instead tell an...