The long-gestating Gundam film has finally found a home. Deadline reports that Netflix is on board to the distribute the film, with Sydney Sweeney (The Housemaid) and Noah Centineo (Black Adam) set to star. Jim Mickle (“Sweet Tooth,” Stake Land) is writing and directing, based on Yoshiyuki Tomino‘s revered Japanese anime franchise. Legendary co-developed the […]
The long-gestating Gundam film has finally found a home.
Deadline reports that Netflix is on board to the distribute the film, with Sydney Sweeney (The Housemaid) and Noah Centineo (Black Adam) set to star.
Jim Mickle (“Sweet Tooth,” Stake Land) is writing and directing, based on Yoshiyuki Tomino‘s revered Japanese anime franchise.
Legendary co-developed the project with franchise owner Bandai Namco Filmworks. Mickle will produce with Linda Moran under their Nightshade banner.
Plot details are under wraps. Gundam is known pioneering the “real robot” mecha genre, depicting giant robots — governed by realistic physics and technological limitations — within a militaristic setting.
Deadline notes, “Gundam is set in the Universal Century, a future where humanity has colonized space. When a rebellion erupts between Earth and its colonies, the ensuing conflict is fought by pilots in massive mechanized contraptions known as mobile suits.
“The long-running multimedia franchise launched with series the ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ in 1979. Since then, the internationally renowned Yoshiyuki Tomino-created endeavor has spanned 83 animated series and movies, in addition to a lucrative merchandising arm that generates $600 million annually.”
Legendary first announced its development of a Gundam film back in 2021. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) was attached to direct but is no longer involved.
Sweeney’s upcoming projects also include The Housemaid sequel The Housemaid’s Secret and Edgar Wright’s Barbarella remake.
