Netflix's Live-Action "Gundam" Movie Begins Filming: Starring Sydney Sweeney, Featuring Original Story
Netflix announced today that its live-action "Mobile Suit Gundam" movie, co-produced with Legendary Pictures, has officially begun filming in Queensland, Australia. The film stars Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo, and tells a new story set in a long space war.
This will be the first live-action "Gundam" movie, jointly produced by Legendary Pictures and Bandai Namco Film. It is directed and written by Jim Mickle (Rampage, In the Shadow of the Moon).
The screenwriters also include Brian K. Vaughn (Under the Dome, Dune 3, Lost 3), Yoshiyuki Tomino (Cowboy Bebop, Heroic Legend of Arslan), and Tomino Yoshiyuki (Astro Boy, Japan Sinks, Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash).
It is reported that this highly anticipated adaptation will feature an original story.
The story is set against the backdrop of a long space war, focusing on two opposing mech pilots – who are on opposite sides of a decades-long conflict between Earth and its former space colonies.
Notably, this marks Netflix's return to the project after initial development in early 2021, bringing the live-action film, which has been in preparation for over 5 years, back on track.
It is known that "Gundam" is a series IP created and long-term operated by Bandai Namco since 1979. Since its first broadcast in Japan, it has launched 83 animated series and films, becoming one of the most famous, enduring, massive, and profitable series in Japanese animation.