Naruto (2019?) - Lionsgate to Release Live-Action of Anime

[AlbertV]

Michael Gracey has signed to direct a live-action adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's manga hit Naruto, which since has become one of the most successful anime as well as a hit video game series. Avi Arad is producing the film.

It has been announced that RED writers Jon and Erich Hoeber will be writing the script about the titular character, a teenager who is determined to become the next Hokage, the ninja protector of his village.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/red-scribes-to-pen-live-action-naruto/

[DrNgor]

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[AlbertV]

On 8/16/2017 at 11:28 AM, DrNgor said:

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Well, director Michael Gracey has given an update on the film to Collider. The gist of things is that he won't make the movie unless the franchise's creator, Masashi Kishimoto, approves the script, which is still being written.

“I don’t know [if it will be my next film], to be honest. You know Masashi Kishimoto, who created the original series, he’s just a genius. So many Hollywood adaptations of really popular manga series just don’t get it right, and for me what was really important was that if I was gonna do Naruto, I wanted to actually work with Kishimoto and get a script to a stage where he would look at it and be excited about realizing it. Because no one knows the world better than the person who created it.

So for me, as it stands, we’re still working on the script. Because until that script is at a level that I’m excited about, I have no interest in destroying an amazing franchise, as has happened before. But I think the great thing is that everyone involved, from Lionsgate to the producers, are all of the same mind.

Everyone knows how precious this property is and to me it’s incredibly exciting, and I love the work that I’ve gotten to do on it to date. At this stage, no one is going to go into production until we’ve got a script that excites everyone. So whether it’s my next one or not, I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.”