A Still from the show Mobile Suit Gundam
Legendary's long-in-the-works Gundam movie finally has its mecha pilot. Jim Mickle, showrunner of Netflix' Sweet Tooth, will direct and write the upcoming live-action feature. Deadline reports that Mickle will also produce the film.
✕ Remove Ads An American live-action Gundam project, based on the popular Japanese anime franchise, has been in development for years; Legendary first announced the project in 2019. Comics writer Brian K. Vaughn was announced to be writing the script later that year, and in 2021 Jordan Voght-Roberts was announced to be directing the film for Netflix. According to Deadline, however, neither Voght-Roberts nor Netflix are involved with the project now.
What Is 'Gundam' About? ✕ Remove Ads The Gundam franchise began with the 1979 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the series takes place in Earth's future, and centers around a war between the Earth Federation and the rebellious space colonies of the Principality of Zeon. The combatants use enormous humanoid mechanoids, known as Gundams, as weapons of war.
✕ Remove Ads Gundam will mark Mickle's return to the big screen. He began his directorial career with the horror films Mulberry Street, Stake Land, and We Are What We Are. He subsequently adapted the Joe R. Lansdale novel Cold in July into a film starring Michael C. Hall, and then adapted Lansdale's Hap and Leonard books into a TV series that ran for three seasons on SundanceTV. His most recent film was the 2019 science fiction thriller In the Shadow of the Moon.
Gundam is in development; no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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