One Punch Man, initially a manga sequence and extra just lately an anime and online game (oh and a really clear pair of footwear), is about to make the soar to a different media with the announcement {that a} live-action film adaptation is in growth at Sony.
As Deadline report, long-time Quick & Livid man Justin Lin has been named as director. The writers shall be Scott Rosenberg & Jeff Pinkner (Venom, Jumanji: The Subsequent Stage), whereas Avi and his son Ari Arad shall be producing alongside Lin. As issues stand at time of posting “the intention [is there] to start manufacturing by the 12 months’s finish”, which means this gained’t be hitting screens for a short time but.
Deadline additionally say “the studio is bullish on the idea as a franchise starter”, which is fascinating given Hollywood’s…rocky historical past with manga and anime variations (one thing Arad shall be solely too acquainted with, given his position on 2017’s Ghost within the Shell film).
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What’s it wish to be the strongest particular person on the planet? In the event you answered that it’d be a boring miserable state of existential dread, then you definitely’d empathize with the hero of One Punch Man.
One Punch Man is a superhero anime based mostly on the Manga of the identical title that mixes motion, comedy, and satire whereas spoofing most of the tropes endemic within the style. The idea appears ingeniously easy. The hero, Saitama, is so robust he can defeat any opponent with one punch. Sadly, he’s change into dissatisfied, as there’s no person left to problem him.
One Punch Man’s existential disaster is well our personal. The anime excels as a result of it embraces the absurdity of the style and revels in destroying tropes with each fist. Reversing the expectations of the style, we pray Saitama can lastly discover somebody to defeat him, and in that act, discover salvation from the tedium that threatens to crush his, and our, existence.
