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EXCLUSIVE: Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool franchise) has landed a domiciled alongside Sydney Sweeney, Noah Centineo and Michael Mando successful Netflix‘s live-action Gundam movie from Legendary, sources show Deadline.
Reps for Netflix and Legendary declined comment. Both Kutsuna’s domiciled and nan film’s crippled are being kept nether wraps. While Jason Clarke was besides eyeing to prima successful Gundam arsenic of past month, sources show Deadline he’s since fallen disconnected nan project. Production kicks disconnected successful Australia adjacent month.
Co-developed by Legendary and franchise proprietor Bandai Namco Filmworks, this Gundam movie will beryllium nan first successful live-action. Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle is directing from his ain book and producing alongside his partner Linda Moran done their accumulation institution Nightshade, on pinch Centineo and his partner Enzo Marc. We were first to study connected Netflix moving to get nan movie successful January.
A long-running multimedia franchise that pioneered nan sci-fi subgenre known arsenic “mecha” revolving astir elephantine fighting robots, Gundam launched pinch nan anime bid Mobile Suit Gundam successful 1979. It was created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and continues to make complete $600 cardinal annually.
Kutsuna garnered world nickname for her domiciled of Yukio successful Marvel’s Deadpool 2 and later reprised nan domiciled successful Deadpool & Wolverine, which collapsed retired successful 2024 arsenic nan highest-grossing R-rated movie of each time. She’s besides been seen successful nan Apple TV bid Invasion, written and produced by Simon Kinberg, arsenic good arsenic 2 films for Netflix: action-thriller The Outsider other Jared Leto, arsenic good arsenic Murder Mystery, other Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.
Next up, Kutsuna will look alongside Charles Melton successful Nicolas Winding Refn’s Neon movie Her Private Hell. She is represented by United Agents, Prime Talent Media, and lawyer Mark Stankevich.
