NETFLIX to Bring Gundam in Action!
Netflix official twitter account announces that it’s streaming service will be bringing the live-action Gundam film which is a collaborative project between Sunrise and Legendary pictures that was teased in 2018 soon. The film is also announced to be directed and produced by Kong: Skull Island’s Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
Sunrise first revealed a short visual clip intended for the live-action project during the Gundam conference event in April of 2018. The movie was tentatively listed under the title Mobile Suit Gundam UC2 that took place in Universal century 0104 and was also planned to be launched as an “overseas drama” format in 2022.
In 2019, the production announces that American comic book and television writer, Brian K. Vaughan, the man behind the Ex Machina, Runaways, Y: The Last Man, and Pride of Baghdad will pen the script of the live-action Gundam film.
Announcement about the movie’s Netflix official stream date is yet to be determined.