Production has started on a Netflix adaptation of a major multimedia franchise.
Sydney Sweeney and Jason Isaacs are just a few of the huge names starring in Gundam.
Netflix has unveiled a major update for its upcoming live action adaptation of the influential Gundam franchise.
The film will tell a “brand new story set in the midst of a lengthy space war”, with promises of giant robots and a stellar cast including The Housemaid’s Sydney Sweeney.
The streamer Netflix confirmed production was underway on the unnamed project, which will bring the military science fiction franchise to life with an original story.
The film is expected to follow rival mech pilots fighting on opposite sides of decades-long war between Earth and its space former colonies.
The streaming giant also unveiled a mega cast list for the film, with Euphoria, Better Call Saul, Dune: Part Three and The White Lotus stars at the helm.
The Housemaid and Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney has been cast, along with Street Fighter’s Noah Centineo and Tell Me Lies star Jackson White.
Shioli Kutsuna, known for Deadpool & Wolverine, joins the impressive line-up along with Sweet Tooth’s Nonso Anozie and Better Call Saul’s Michael Mando.
Javon “Wanna” Walton of Under the Bridge also joins the cast alongside The Agency’s Oleksandr Rudynskyi and Dune: Part Three’s Ida Brooke.
Rounding off the impressive cast list is Gemma Chua-Tran of Heartbreak High fame and The White Lotus legend, Jason Isaacs.
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“With awe-inspiring battles, intimate human emotion, and an epic cinematic scale, this is Gundam like it’s been seen before.”
Gundam was created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, known as “Mobile Suits”.
The franchise began with the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979 and it spawned a multimedia franchise that includes more than 50 TV series, films, manga, novels and video games.
Academics in Japan have even taken interest in the series and in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned to be the first academic establishment based on an animated TV series.
The live action Gundam film will air on Netflix
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