Toei And Sony Pictures To Produce Hollywood Live-Action Of Saint Seiya

Kurumada Masami’s “Saint Seiya” can be getting a Hollywood live-action movie titled “Knights of the Zodiac” produced by Toei Animation and Sony Footage Worldwide Acquisitions.

For these unfamiliar, “Saint Seiya” was a manga-turned-anime following the story of a band of courageous heroes who’re sworn to guard the reincarnation of the Greek goddess, Athena.

Tomasz Baginski, the Polish animator and particular results wiz who has labored on The Witcher, is directing the film that Toei is producing.

The mission had been in improvement for years and suffered a number of manufacturing delays earlier than lastly capturing this 12 months. Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken (10 Cloverfield Lane) wrote the newest drafts.

The Japanese-American actor Mackenyu would be the main actor “Pegasus Seiya” (Seiya), Madison Iseman will star in Saori (Sienna), Sean Bean is the recruiter of the Knights, and Seiya’s mentor Alman Kiddo; different actors embody Famke Janssen, Nick Stahl, Diego Tinoco, and Mark Dacascos Et al.

The filming happened in Hungary and Croatia. In response to manufacturing information, the capturing has already concluded.

Toei can be chargeable for distribution in Japan, whereas Sony Footage Worldwide Acquisitions will distribute the movie in every single place else, apart from China and Center East nations.

Whereas there isn’t a confirmed launch date, some followers imagine that the “Saint Seiya” live-action film gained’t come out till 2023.

As is fairly typical with all bulletins pertaining to live-action diversifications, anime followers stay skeptical about how properly this model of “Saint Seiya” will prove.

Supply: Animation Enterprise Data