Overview
- Production on the first live-action Gundam, which began Monday in Queensland at Village Roadshow Studios, moves the project from development into filming.
- Netflix unveiled the full principal cast led by Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo, with Jason Isaacs, Shioli Kutsuna, Michael Mando, Nonso Anozie, Jackson White, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Ida Brooke and Gemma Chua-Tran also aboard.
- The film tells an original story about rival mech pilots on opposite sides of a long war between Earth and its space colonies, with Jim Mickle writing and directing.
- Federal, state and local incentives are backing the shoot on the Gold Coast, with officials projecting about $110 million in local spending and more than 350 Queensland hires.
- No release date or release plan is set, and VFX and mecha design partners have not been named yet, a key concern for a franchise defined by its iconic mobile suits and political themes.