Bandai Namco Filmworks and Legendary Co-Finance Gundam Live-Action Film!

Live-action movie version was announced in 2018.

Bandai Namco Filmworks and Legendary Entertainment have entered into a joint investment agreement for the live-action adaptation of the Mobile Suit Gundam series. Additionally, Bandai Namco Filmworks will establish a North American subsidiary, Bandai Namco Filmworks America, LLC, on April 1 to support the franchise’s international expansion.

The Hollywood live-action adaptation of GUNDAM was announced in 2018, with Legendary Pictures, a subsidiary of Legendary Entertainment, handling production.

Teaser Visual:

The film is directed and written by Jim Mickle, best known for Sweet Tooth, and is set for a worldwide theatrical release.

Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the Mobile Suit Gundam series debuted with the 1979 TV anime, which is now available for streaming on Crunchyroll. The platform describes the series as follows:

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: Bandai Namco Press Release

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