Netflix has greenlit the development of a brand new series based on the 2000 cult classic Japanese thriller “Battle Royale," according to a new report. Limited details: Citing "trusted and proven" sources privy to the project, Giant Freakin Robot revealed that the streaming giant is planning on creating its own adaptation based on the hit intellectual property. About the film: The original 2000 film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, centers around a group of teenagers forced to fight one another for their lives in a deadly competition implemented by a fictional totalitarian Japanese regime.