Bandai Namco has officially announced the establishment of Bandai Namco Filmworks, which will be working along side LEGENDARY to bring the world's first Live Action Gundam movie to life.
The movie was originally announced back in 2018, but little to no information had been provided. Now the movie is in full swing, and is set to release in theaters world wide. The film is directed and written by Jim Mickle, and more information can be expected in the near future.
Official Announcement:
Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. (Headquarters: Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Makoto Asanuma), a member of the Bandai Namco Group, and LEGENDARY (Headquarters: California, U.S.A.) have signed an agreement in January 2025 to co-finance “GUNDAM (tentative name)” (referred to as “GUNDAM”), a Hollywood live-action film adaptation of the Mobile Suit Gundam series.
Mobile Suit Gundam, which began broadcasting in 1979, established the genre of “real robot anime” that could not be described in terms of simple good and evil, which had been the trend of robot anime up to that point, with realistic depictions of war, detailed scientific examinations, and intricately interwoven human dramas that treated robots as “weapons” called “mobile suits,” and caused a huge boom.
Since then, as a long running series, 25 anime series, 34 movies, 27 OVAs, streaming content, event-exclusive footage, TV specials, etc. have been produced, and over its long history up to the present, it has gained a lot of fans around the world.
Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Gundam is an internationally renowned franchise with wide range of product and service categories in addition to the content, generating over $900 million annually. This will be its first live-action film.
Produced by Legendary Pictures, and the film is directed and written by Jim Mickle (“Sweet Tooth”). The film will be released worldwide in theaters.
About Bandai Namco Filmworks:
We at Bandai Namco Filmworks develop and produce film & video titles. We not only distribute them through various media such as television, movie theaters and Internet streaming but also bring them to fans throughout the world by licensing and managing their copyrights, as well as developing and marketing film & video-related merchandise and other services. As a comprehensive entertainment enterprise handling the A to Z of film & video business, we continue to create “Awesome works” and make them readily available to everyone.
・Principal lines of business
We develop, produce and market film & video content such as animation, and film & video-related services, and license and manage their copyrights.
https://www.bnfw.co.jp/en/
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