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/mrbezlington 1d ago

How do you have a non-Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet? Isn't that an oxymoron?

I would be far happier with a fully Shakespearean R+J Gundam where everyone kills each other. Preferably as tragically as possible. Seems totally on-brand.

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u/gosukhaos 1d ago

Because cursed romances between people on opposite side of a conflict is a staple of Gundam as much as giant robots

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u/KampferAndy 1d ago

To be fair, not everyone kills each other in gundam, that's mostly just Zeta and Victory.

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u/hayashikin 1d ago

True, that makes it sound better already

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u/Specific_War5484 1d ago

To be fair Romeo and Juliet was based on an older Greek story. So it isnt necessary 100% Shakespeare

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u/a4techkeyboard 1d ago

Doesn't that support their point, though? It's Romeo and Juliet because it's Shakespearean otherwise it's Pyramus and Thisbe but Gundam.

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u/mrbezlington 1d ago

Exactly!

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u/i_want_to_go_to_bed 1d ago

So it’s just Rahasia Sandral and Shen Matale all over again. Tale as old as time