My Hero Academia is becoming a live-action movie!
Netflix will be producing the live-action film adaptation of the manga hit series from Legendary Entertainment, via THR.
Find out who is writing the screenplay and directing the movie…
Joby Harold, known for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Edge of Tomorrow and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, is penning the screenplay for the movie.
The director and executive producer will be Shinsuke Sato, known for I Am a Hero, The Princess Blade and Inuyashiki. This will mark his English-language debut.
My Hero Academia debuted in 2014 as a manga, and was developed into an anime now in its fifth season.
Legendary bought the rights to a live-action adaptation all the way back in October of 2018.
Here’s a plot summary: “For superhero fanboy Izuku Midoriya (aka Deku), being born without a quirk makes him almost give up his dream of going to U.A. High School, the most prestigious hero training academy. But after a chance encounter with the legendary All Might, Deku starts on the road to become the greatest hero.”
There are no casting details just yet, nor any release date details. Stay tuned!
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