Production has officially gotten underway on Legendary Entertainment and Netflix’s live-action Gundam project.
Additionally, multiple new cast members have been revealed, joining previously-announced stars Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo.
The expansive cast also includes Jackson White (Tell Me Lies), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool & Wolverine), Nonso Anozie (Sweet Tooth), Michael Mando (Better Call Saul), Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton (Euphoria), Oleksandr Rudynskyi (The Agency), Ida Brooke (Dune: Part Three), Gemma Chua-Tran (Heartbreak High), and Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus, Harry Potter, The Death of Stalin).
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“For over 47 years, Gundam has stood as the defining mech franchise: the original giant robot phenomenon that inspired a global multimedia movement. Now, it’s coming to life as an original live-action adventure that follows rival mech pilots fighting on opposing sides of a decades-long war between Earth and its former space colonies,” shares the press release.
It continues, “As shifting allegiances and a growing threat set them on a collision course for one another, they’re pulled into a high-stakes race across the stars that could decide the fate of humanity. With awe-inspiring battles, intimate human emotion, and epic cinematic scale, this is Gundam like it’s never been seen before.”
There are no character details to share just yet.
Gundam is a beloved and long-running multimedia franchise that is best known for the mecha sci-fi subgenre featuring massive fighting robots.
The film is now in production in Queensland, Australia and will be released on Netflix.