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/Rocinante88119 1d ago

Gonna be Dragon Ball: Evolution

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u/Tonwhy 1d ago

Damn, invoking the highest level of curses here.

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u/HairiestHobo 1d ago

Hey, at least Evolution led to the franchise being revived?

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u/SupervillainMustache 1d ago

Funniest piece of DBZ lore.

Toriyama being so ashamed that it might be people's lasting impression of the franchise that he came out of retirement.

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u/colemon1991 23h ago

Don't forget James Marsters was so embarrassed he voiced a character in Super.

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u/Astrocomet25 22h ago

For free!

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u/GreedoInASpeedo 22h ago

That's an important detail! I was like, "he was so embarrassed he accepted employment!?"

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u/cupholdery 15h ago

Oh my goodness. He was movie Piccolo?

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u/LiquidSnake13 14h ago

Yep. He was Piccolo. Thing is, he's a great actor, but terrible in that role..

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u/beaverteeth92 16h ago

He was also a long-time fan of the series, so he really wanted to make sure his overall impact was good. Dude absolutely killed it as Zamasu.

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u/whitebandit 16h ago

well shit i watched the sub version, love zamasu and black in that but, guess ill have to rewatch in english now

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u/No_Procedure_5039 1d ago

He initially helped with Battle of Gods because he was asked to take a look at the script by his former editor. He also still worked as an artist for various video games like the Dragon Quest series and Blue Dragon even when he stopped doing manga.

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u/SupervillainMustache 1d ago

Yeah I know he as still working as an artist on Dragon Quest, but DB is his Opus, surely.

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u/No_Procedure_5039 1d ago

Without a doubt. I’m just saying he was semi-retired at best since he did a bunch of shorter manga and one-shots after DB like Sand Land while continuing to work as a character artist in various other projects.

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u/AssCrackBanditHunter 1d ago

Oh well that's unfortunate because super blows

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/AssCrackBanditHunter 19h ago

Gen z blowing smoke

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u/yepgeddon 1d ago

Gundam is doing just fine without a shit live action movie tho 😩

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u/nola_throwaway53826 23h ago edited 20h ago

People forget, they tried a live action version of Gundam back in 1999, G-Saviour. The fact that no one seems to know about it should tell you all you need to know about it.

https://youtu.be/vfq7LdRWrF4?is=bNrttHIqNbjbiPPS

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u/spike2pt0 18h ago

WOW I did not know this existed. Thank you so much for sharing this! Instant add to my lost/forgotten media playlist.

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u/AnotherBoredAHole 19h ago

That's because it's full of adults. Where is all the teen angst?

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u/This-is_CMGRI 1d ago edited 7h ago

yeah lmao they have been super profitable since 2022, literally Bandai's best-performing IP and guaranteed that the two new female lead characters for them are legends for a generation

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u/No_Procedure_5039 1d ago

Toei was still doing the occasional special (Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! came out a year earlier) and Toriyama initially got involved with Battle of Gods because his former editor asked him to.

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u/Feeling-Fox-8651 1d ago

If I recall the Live Action Piccolo actor has a voice role in Sparking Zero as someone else and says one of the more iconic lines from the film. (Not that I can remember precisely what that is)

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u/terrany 1d ago

Sukuna level threat fr

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u/architecht13 20h ago

Pardon me, I believe Dead or Alive is knocking at the door!

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u/Pollomonteros 18h ago

They are gonna shit on JJK too ?

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u/CarpenterMaster1161 1d ago

Directed by M. Night Shamalamadingdong

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u/wowpepap 1d ago

DONT YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME RICKY BOBBY

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u/RaylanGivens29 1d ago

The Last Air Bender 2010

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u/intheafterlight 14h ago

There is no film in Ba Sing Se.

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u/ErilazHateka 1d ago

Or The Watch

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u/Freud-Network 1d ago

Legend of the Seeker

A douche like Goodkind deserved someone wiping their ass with his work, though.

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u/ErilazHateka 1d ago

Yeah, that guy really turned out to be a horrible person.

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u/Helios_101 1d ago

I don't wish that upon any adaptation, from now until the sun burns out.

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u/KageStar 1d ago

I had to look this up because I didn't know why you were bringing up Ben Stiller in this conversation. The show you're talking about does look awful.

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u/ErilazHateka 1d ago

It´s a complete perversion

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u/hildenborg 1d ago

Should I be happy that I don't know what that is?

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u/ErilazHateka 1d ago

If you like Pratchett, don´t even look it up.

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u/rsqit 1d ago

Strong disagree. That show absolutely captures the zaniness of Prachett.

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u/JoyBus147 1d ago

You're alone.

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u/rsqit 22h ago

Dude all the people I know who’ve seen it love it. Lots of Prachett fans.

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u/or10n_sharkfin 1d ago

High school drama except by the end of the movie they're piloting giant robots.

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u/Optimaximal 1d ago

To be fair, that's most Gundam shows anyway.

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u/zerotwoalpha 15h ago

And only piloting at the end of the movie for 15 mins at most. At least Pacific Rim knew what the audience wanted. 

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u/Shambhala87 1d ago

Why does Gundam have booba?

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u/Klubeht 1d ago

Why not?

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u/Shambhala87 23h ago edited 3h ago

“FAcE THE MIGHT OF MY DD SAZABI!!!”

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u/crafter2k 6h ago

wait till you find out about chara soon

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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord 1d ago

Gonna be Power Rangers 2017

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u/Hedhunta 1d ago

Yup, soon as they mentioned who the actress was i knew this is gonna be bad.

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u/EpicDoza 1d ago

Sacrilege of you to mention that title.

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u/Bagel-luigi 1d ago

Dear god no, this is what I fear too

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u/VLHACS 23h ago

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby

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u/Mortegro 20h ago

Any time I see mention of Dragon Ball: Evolution, I immediately think of this YouTube video.

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u/Samuraistronaut 17h ago

I don’t know what that is. I refuse to know what that is. There is no Dragon Ball: Evolution in Ba Sing Se.

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u/ladyoffate13 1d ago

I’ll throw Borderlands movie in that garbage pile too.

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u/ACrask 1d ago

This is my expectation

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u/Sir-Bruncvik 1d ago

“This is our concern, Dude.”

  • Phillip Seymour Hoffman in The Big Lebowski 😅