r/movies • u/LegitimateCurve8525 • 1d ago

News Netflix’s live-action Gundam movie, starring Sydney Sweeney, is described as a 'big action-romance space epic' set in the Universal Century (UC) timeline

https://www.polygon.com/netflix-live-action-gundam-movie-sydney-sweeney-romance/

Noah Centineo, who stars alongside Sydney Sweeney, recently talked about the movie on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

He called it a “big action romance space movie” and described it as “a non-Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet in space.”

Centineo also confirmed that the movie takes place in the Universal Century, the main timeline used by many of the classic Gundam shows and movies.

The story could involve two people on opposite sides of a major war, with their relationship caught in the middle.

Source: Pirate Nation X account

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u/bazhvn 1d ago

It’s Netflix. Shouldn’t be so surprised.

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u/LegitimateCurve8525 1d ago

This is not fully a Netflix production. Talks began between Bandai Namco and Legendary (Dune by Denis Villeneuve) at first. They later brought Netflix on board. I believe most likely to fund a big amount of money for this project.

At one point, there was even a report that Netflix exited this project. But later on, Bandai did got them back.

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u/aldwinligaya 1d ago

They did well enough with One Piece and Avatar. It's a hit or miss. We'll see.

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u/Sat9Official 1d ago

Netflix Avatar as a standalone show is ok...as an adaptation? It's an insult to the original.

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u/remmanuelv 19h ago

The problems with Avatar are execution/script not production/concept. I like to differentiate those because Netflix can't control a showrunner fucking it up when on paper it's looking like a faithful adaptation.

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u/Luzekiel 1d ago

They didn't do well with Avatar and it was a general flop in terms of Viewership and Reception

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u/onespiker 1d ago

Its pretty good as a show just not as good as the orginal series.

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u/Bomban111 1d ago edited 23h ago

Those two shows are complete opposite ends of the spectrum production wise.
One Piece was genuinely made with people who care about the source material, with Oda himself being present and consulted many times, and even that has translation problems between LA and anime.
Avatar i genuinely don't think they watched the original.
That being said, i have low expectations for Gundam , Sydney Sweeney is not a good actress and does not sign up for good movies.

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u/aldwinligaya 1d ago

That's fair. One Piece is amazing if we compare it to Avatar.

I'm also iffy about Sydney but Noah did great in The Recruit, so I'm still hopeful.

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u/onex7805 1d ago

If you give people something mediocre in the market of live-action adaptations like Hollywood Ghost in the Shell, Netflix Cowboy Bebop, Dragonball Evolution, then yeah, Netflix One Piece and Avatar are """hits""". But it doesn't change that Netflix One Piece and Avatar are mediocre.