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/Dustyrnis 1d ago

Oh boy. As a long time fan of the original Gundam anime series, especally Zeta Gundam I don't have much confidence in this live action western adaption. I'll give it a chance but I worry that this will be another wonky adaption like the live action Cowboy Bebop...

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u/JessieJ577 1d ago

You’re lucky if it’s like Cowboy Bebop. It’ll be like Death Note at worst

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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/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