Transformers Spinoff Director Travis Knight Will Helm A Vampire Action Thriller For Netflix
Travis Knight is set to direct a movie called Uprising for Netflix.
Netflix is making a vampire movie with Transformers director Travis Knight tapped to direct. According to Deadline, Knight will direct a vampire action thriller called Uprising, which is adapted from the Raymond Villareal 2018 book, A People s History of the Vampire Uprising.
Knight directed the Transformers spin-off Bumblee, which released in 2018 and made more than $467 million worldwide at the box office.
A scene from 2018 s Bumblebee, which was directed by Travis Knight
Knight isn t the only big name attached to the movie, as Stranger Things and Night at the Museum s Shawn Levy and producing partner Dan Cohen from their company 21 Laps are set to produce Uprising for Netflix.
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Ultraman returns in upcoming Netflix animated feature film
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Ultraman Animated Movie In The Works At Netflix
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Intended to “honor the past mythology while introducing the character to a new potential global fanbase,” via the report, the new Netflix movie tells the story of Japanese baseball star Ken Sato, the latest human ascendant to the role of Ultraman. Sato’s ambitions are derailed, though, when he’s “compelled to raise a newborn kaiju monster the offspring of his greatest enemy as his own child,” all while balancing family drama and the nefarious “schemes of the Kaiju Defense Force.”
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Ultraman has remained consistently popular (and profitable) in Asian markets, the franchise’s popularity in the U.S. has ebbed and flowed through the years, remaining largely in the realm of niche fandom among lovers of anime-adjacent Japanese superheroics. The new project adds to a recent uptick in western studio interest in all things