Published April 16, 2021, 1:57 PM
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Just this week, fans of the Gundam franchise received what is probably the best news from 2021 so far. A live action Gundam movie is in the works and it will be coming out on Netflix.
Co-Production of the GUNDAM LIVE ACTION MOVIE has begun.
SUNRISE x LEGENDARY / Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
The announcement came from a post from the official Twitter account of Sunrise, the Japanese animation studio that is the home of the Gundam franchise. We don’t know much yet about this upcoming film, save for what the short post has revealed.
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Netflix is making a live-action Gundam movie with the director of Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts will helm the adaptation while comic book writer Brian K Vaughan will write and executive produce.
An 18-metre tall statue of popular TV animation hero Gundam is lit up at a park in Shizuoka city, 150km west of Tokyo on July 6, 2010 for a press preview. AFP PHOTO/YOSHIKAZU TSUNO
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Netflix’s live-action Gundam adaptation is taking shape – it now has a director attached to the project.
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Gundam is jumping back on the live-action scene once again and this time with big names attached to bring it to life.
This is not the first live-action feature of the mecha anime series. One was released back in 2000 under the title, G-Saviour and was produced by a Canadian company, Polestar Entertainment. However, with an IMDb rating of 3.9, it’s like it never happened at all.
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Just recently, Netflix announced the production of a new live-action film of the popular series. With big names such as Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) directingand Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y: The Last Man) as the writer and executive producer.
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Admittedly the translation I read of the original light novel was questionable, but while the manga gives me vibes like it s kind of intentionally over-the-top and not meant to be taken too seriously, the light novel gave me the impression it was taking itself completely seriously even though it was even moreso a shakily written and silly Mary Sue fantasy.