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Sydney Sweeney's New Japanese Anime Film Adaptation to Find a Home on Netlfix
Legendary’s first live-action Gundam film features Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo, directed by Jim Mickle, with the franchise generating $600 million annually from merchandise.
- Deadline reports Netflix has been tapped to distribute Legendary’s Jim Mickle–led live-action Gundam film starring Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo, co-developed with Bandai Namco Filmworks from Mickle’s script.
- Legendary first announced a live-action Gundam adaptation and later attached filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts before reworking the project with writer-director Jim Mickle, Deadline reports.
- Although the plot is under wraps, reporting suggests Mickle will also produce with Linda Moran through their Nightshade production company, with the film linked to a star-crossed romance between opposing pilots.
- With a library spanning 83 titles, the Gundam franchise’s merchandising arm generates $600 million annually, and a Netflix release would place Gundam within a major streamer’s reach.
- The film may be set in its own Gundam timeline rather than the Universal Century , and observers suggest its romance premise may echo themes from The 08th MS Team .
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Sydney Sweeney wants to cover all kinds of productions and, if she currently succeeds with the literary adaptation of La assistant, now according to American sources the twice-nominated Emmy could also be involved in Gundam’s real action project. The anime that emerged in the early 1980s would be trying with the hand of Legendary, to close the star signing so that along with Noah Centineo (Warfare), this live-action will automatically become one…
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