Overview
- Deadline reports Gemma Chua-Tran of Heartbreak High has joined the cast, with roles and plot still under wraps as Netflix and Legendary declined comment.
- Shioli Kutsuna was added earlier in the week, and Jason Clarke, previously linked to star, is now off the project according to Deadline.
- Michael Mando closed a deal to join the film on Tuesday, and he called the project "a love letter to anime" in a post on Twitter.
- Sweet Tooth’s Jim Mickle is writing and directing from his own script and producing with Linda Moran through Nightshade alongside producers Noah Centineo and Enzo Marc.
- The feature is co-developed with Bandai Namco Filmworks for Netflix release and is set to start filming in Australia in April, adapting a 1979-born mecha franchise that still drives roughly $600 million a year.