To All of the Boys I’ve Beloved Earlier than and The Recruit alum Noah Centineo is in talks to board Legendary‘s live-action adaptation of Gundam, the sprawling Japanese navy sci-fi franchise, reverse Sydney Sweeney.
As Deadline beforehand reported in late 2024, Candy Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle is ready to direct the brand new Gundam, co-developed between Legendary and franchise proprietor Bandai Namco Filmworks, from his personal script. Mickle can even produce together with his accomplice Linda Moran by their manufacturing firm Nightshade.
Earlier this 12 months, it was introduced Christy star Sweeney was in last negotiations to board the venture. The plot is at the moment below wraps, however the movie — which is able to mark the primary live-action entry into the world — is trying to begin manufacturing in early 2025.
Probably the most revered animé, Gundam pioneered the sci-fi subgenre often called mecha, IP that facilities on large preventing robots. Gundam is ready within the Common Century, a future the place humanity has colonized house. When a insurrection erupts between Earth and its colonies, the following battle is fought by pilots in large mechanized contraptions often called cell fits. The long-running multimedia franchise first launched with sequence Cellular Swimsuit Gundam in 1979. Since then, the internationally famend Yoshiyuki Tomino-created endeavor has spanned 83 animated sequence and flicks, along with a profitable merchandising arm that generates $600 million yearly.
Legendary Leisure initially introduced its improvement of a Gundam movie with Netflix within the spring of 2021, with Jordan Vogt-Roberts hooked up to direct the pic following his work with the studio on its hit Monterverse installment Kong: Cranium Island. Nevertheless, the streamer and Vogt-Roberts are not concerned.
Following his breakout in Netflix’s beloved movie adaptation of Jenny Han’s trilogy romance sequence, Centineo has additionally appeared in Black Adam, Warfare, The Good Date and The Fosters. Having simply wrapped manufacturing on one other Legendary film, 2026’s Avenue Fighter, he can even quickly seem in a Rambo prequel from Lionsgate and Gabriel Basso’s directorial debut Iconoclast.
