Sydney Sweeney is in closing negotiations to star within the live-action Gundam film coming collectively at Legendary, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
Particulars as to the half Sweeney is taking part in are underneath wraps for now. Reps for Legendary declined to remark.
As we had been first to inform you final fall, Candy Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle is about to direct the live-action Gundam, co-developed between Legendary and franchise proprietor Bandai Namco Filmworks, from his personal script. Mickle will even produce together with his accomplice Linda Moran via their manufacturing firm Nightshade.
The pioneer of the sci-fi subgenre often known as “mecha,” revolving round large combating robots, Gundam is a long-running multimedia franchise which kicked off with anime sequence Cellular Swimsuit Gundam in 1979. Legendary Leisure introduced its growth of a Gundam movie within the spring of 2021, with Jordan Vogt-Roberts coming aboard because the preliminary director for the mission following his work with the studio on its hit Montersverse installment Kong: Cranium Island.
Sweeney is coming off of turns within the hit horror movie Immaculate and the TIFF-premiering Ron Howard thriller Eden. Upcoming, she’ll be seen in Apple’s thriller Echo Valley, premiering June 13, in addition to the untitled biopic on boxer Christy Martin, Euphoria Season 3, Lionsgate’s The Housemaid, Colman Domingo’s Scandalous! and extra.
The InSneider was first to the information of Sweeney’s Gundam negotiations.
