After years in development, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the iconic animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is almost ready to debut. The streaming service finally debuted the first teaser for the show this week — after literal years of development. It was first announced in the fall of 2018. In 2020, the original Avatar’s creators, Bryan Konietzko and … Read more
Nintendo announces developed of a live-action Legend of Zelda movie set to be helmed by The Maze Runner director Wes Ball. Nintendo announced today that they are developing a live-action Legend of Zelda movie set to be directed by Wes Ball (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes). The film will be produced by Shigeru … Read more
The release of Universal and Dreamworks Animation’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie has been pushed back. While signs are pointing to the SAG-AFTRA strike potentially coming to a close in the near future, the fallout is still pushing the release dates of many projects. Universal and Dreamworks Animations live-action adaptation of How to … Read more
Invincible creator Robert Kirkman has given an update about the live-action movie adaptation of his acclaimed superhero comic. While speaking with Variety, Kirkman was asked about what stage the live-action Invincible movie is at in terms of production. The creator noted that it’s still very early days for the project, but that things will likely … Read more
Behold the first image from Snow White, the upcoming live-action version of Disney’s very first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As you can see it stars Rachel Zegler as Snow White. I don’t know who is playing the Seven Drawfs but … there they are. Not pictured here is the Evil Queen, who will be played … Read more
All ’90s kids harbor massive nostalgic feelings for the “Disney Afternoon,” the weekday afternoon programming block featuring a rotating variety of Disney animated TV series. Most of the Disney Afternoon’s biggest shows were spinoffs or updates of existing Disney properties, like DuckTales featuring Scrooge McDuck (and its later spinoff Darkwing Duck), or TaleSpin featuring characters from The Jungle Book. Maybe the … Read more
Gargoyles live-action TV series is in development for Disney+ from writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan’s Atomic Monster. Close to thirty years after their debut, the Gargoyles will be returning. THR reports that Gary Dauberman and James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company are developing a live-action Gargoyles TV series for Disney+. Gary Dauberman will write, … Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to live-action. The company behind the best-selling game, which featured the likeness and performance of actor Keanu Reeves, announced today that it had “begun a collaboration with global media company Anonymous Content to develop a live-action project set in the world of its best-selling video game, Cyberpunk 2077.” Anonymous Content is a film … Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 live-action project is in development at CD Projekt Red in collaboration with Anonymous Content. CD Projekt Red announced today that they are teaming up with Anonymous Content to develop a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 project. Some outlets are reporting that the project is a movie, while others claim it’s a series, but it’s still … Read more
Next to video games, anime and manga are some of the most difficult storytelling mediums to translate into live-action. Where there have been many successes—Takashi Miike’s samurai flick Blade of the Immortal, Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, Higuchinsky’s delightfully gross version of Junji Ito’s horror manga Uzumaki, the Wachowskis’ acid trip Speed Racer—there have been … Read more