Netflix has officially begun production on the first live-action film based on the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and the main cast has also been revealed. The film will be directed by Jim Mickle and is set for release on Netflix. Filming reportedly started in April in Queensland, Australia.
CAST:
Sydney Sweeney
Noah Centineo
Jackson White
Shioli Kutsuna
Nonso Anozie
Michael Mando
Javon “Wanna” Walton
Oleksandr Rudynskyi
Ida Brooke
Gemma Chua-Tran
Jason Isaacs
The project is being produced by Legendary Pictures in collaboration with Bandai Namco Filmworks. Executive producers include Matthew Jenkins, Makoto Asanuma, and Naohiro Ogata, all of whom have previously worked on multiple Gundam projects. The live-action adaptation was originally announced back in 2018.
Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise began with the 1979 TV anime series, which is currently available for streaming on Crunchyroll:
Universal Century 0079. The rebel space colonies of the Principality of Zeon launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation, using humanoid fighting vehicles called mobile suits to overwhelm the Federation Forces and conquer half of Earth’s surface. Months later, the Federation has finally developed its own prototype mobile suits at a remote space colony. But when the colony suffers a Zeon surprise attack, these new weapons fall into the hands of a motley crew of civilians and cadets. Fate places a youth named Amuro Ray at the controls of the white mobile suit Gundam…
Source: Comic Natalie
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