Bandai Namco Filmworks has inked an agreement with media company LEGENDARY Entertainment to co-finance the live-action Mobile Suit Gundam film that’s in the works.
The announcement also revealed that the movie is tentatively named GUNDAM, mentions a worldwide theatrical release, and confirms that Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle is its director and writer.
Another big reveal was Bandai Namco Filmworks America, LLC, which will be established on April 1 “for the production of GUNDAM.” It will also “work together with Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. to expand its licensing business and the brand value of the Gundam series overseas.” The new company will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings USA Inc..
News of a live-action Gundam movie was announced back in 2018. For a time, Kong: Skull Island‘s Jordan Vogt-Roberts was attached to the project as director and producer while Y: The Last Man author Brian K. Vaughan was to write the script. Netflix was supposed to stream the movie.
Last November, Deadline reported Mickle’s involvement and said that production was planned to begin in early 2025.
The Gundam franchise’s first anime entry was Mobile Suit Gundam, which first began airing in 1979. The Yoshiyuki Tomino creation introduced the main Universal Century timeline and more grounded mecha far than Super Robot anime.
Since then, there have been many Gundam series, movies, and OVAs. A large number take place in the same universe as the original, while shows like Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed sport their own universes.
Source: Gundam.info
