Legendary Pictures and Bandai Namco Filmworks is moving forward with their live-action film adaptation of Gundam with Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle coming on to write and direct.
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) was developing the film for Netflix, but neither of them is involved with the project anymore. Legendary is starting from scratch with Mickle leading the charge.
The plot is currently under wraps, but the film is looking to start production in early 2025.
Mobile Suit Gundam is a pioneering mecha anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino that debuted in 1979. Set in a futuristic era called the Universal Century, the story takes place during a brutal conflict between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon, a space colony that seeks independence from Earth’s oppressive rule.
Zeon uses advanced mobile suits, humanoid combat machines piloted by soldiers, to gain the upper hand in the war. The story follows Amuro Ray, a young boy who finds himself piloting the Earth Federation’s prototype mobile suit, the RX-78-2 Gundam, after a Zeon attack on his colony.
Throughout the series, Amuro battles the skilled Zeon ace Char Aznable, and it explores the psychological toll of war on its characters and explores the harsh realities that drive them to fight and survive.
I liked the Sweet Tooth series, but Gundam is a whole different kind of beast and I hope that he has the talent to tell an epic and visually stunning story.
Source: Deadline
