Live-action Naruto movie gets an exciting update as its first writer praises the “cool choice” of director: “This is definitely a movie that comes at it from a love of who Naruto is”
Naruto movie gets a new update from the writer of its first script
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The initial writer of the live-action Naruto movie has given an exciting update on the project, as well as praising director Destin Daniel Cretton.
Tasha Huo tellsEntertainment Weeklythat her first script is “done” and that Cretton is now “doing his stuff” with Naruto’s story.
The live-action movie, an adaptation of the classic shonen manga (which was later turned into a 220-episode anime), wasfirst announced in Februaryand sees Cretton take on the project alongside his Marvel work.
“I think that’s such a cool choice because he’s going to be able to capture how nuanced and special Naruto is without getting distracted by the big world that it is, which I think could easily be done by someone who’s not a fan or someone who’s coming in for a cash payday,” Huo said. “This is definitely a movie that comes at it from a love of who Naruto is and that character and his relationships.”
No release date for the Naruto movie has been announced. Cretton is currently working on the Wonder Man series for Marvel, while a Shang-Chi sequel is also on the way. Actor Simu Liu recently teased toComicBook.comthat it’s “definitely happening” and it’s “exciting” to be working on the follow-up to 2021’s Legend of the Ten Rings.
For more, check out the latest on thenew animejust over the horizon – includingJujutsu Kaisen season 3,Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War part 3, and theDemon Slayer Infinity Castle trilogy.
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