Jason Clarke (Terminator Genisys, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) is joining Sydney Sweeney (The Housemaid) and Noah Centineo (Black Adam) in Gundam, Deadline has learned.
As reported last month, Netflix is in talks to distribute the live-action movie based on Yoshiyuki Tomino‘s revered Japanese anime franchise.
Legendary co-developed the project with franchise owner Bandai Namco Filmworks. Jim Mickle (“Sweet Tooth,” Stake Land) is writing and directing.
Mickle and Linda Moran will produce under their Nightshade banner along with Centineo and his partner Enzo Marc.
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 originally attached to direct but is no longer involved.
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