Sydney Sweeney Circling Legendary’s ‘Gundam’
deadline.comSydney Sweeney is in final negotiations to star in the live-action Gundam movie coming together at Legendary, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
Details as to the part Sweeney is playing are under wraps for now, as is the film’s plot. Reps for Legendary declined to comment.
As we were first to tell you last fall, Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle is set to direct the new Gundam, co-developed between Legendary and franchise owner Bandai Namco Filmworks, from his own script.
Mickle will also produce with his partner Linda Moran through their production company Nightshade. The pioneer of the sci-fi subgenre known as “mecha,” revolving around giant fighting robots, Gundam is a long-running multimedia franchise which kicked off with anime series Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979.
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