Sydney Sweeney is in final talks to star in Gundam! The 27-year-old The White Lotus alum is reportedly in discussions to star in the forthcoming live-action Legendary movie, which will be written and directed by Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle, and co-developed between Legendary and Bandai Namco Filmworks, via Variety.
The Japanese military science fiction media franchise first launched in 1979 as a TV series from Yoshiyuki Tomino, Mobile Suit Gundam.
It went on to spawn animated feature films, novels, manga, toys, models and video games. Keep reading to find out more… Here’s a synopsis of the Gundam universe: “The original series is set in the distant future in what is known as the Universal Century, as human colonies in space fight for independence from Earth.
The battles are fought largely through giant robots called Mobile Suits.” There are no plot details as of yet for the movie, nor are there any details about characters or a potential release date.
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