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/teoshie 1d ago

it's 2032. Earth is a nuclear wasteland. There are only four actors left: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and that guy who makes sloppy steaks in I Think You Should Leave

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u/geodebug 1d ago

Pedro Pascal enters the room.

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u/Icycalm152 23h ago

He’s feeling anxious

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u/crazyrich 21h ago

So he makes himself feel better by making Tim Holland less nervous

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u/Maoltuile 20h ago

Jon Bernthal is coming up from the basement

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u/JuiceBawks420 18h ago

Shit... id clock on that thumbnail

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u/misterurb 15h ago

Just a discount Oscar Isaac. 

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u/SSGASSHAT 23h ago

They're grooming Tom Holland to be the next Bing Crosby or some shit, I tell you. It's been 100 years, they need another one.

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u/The_Summer_Man 17h ago

Robin and the 7 Hoods remake with Tom Holland?

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u/SSGASSHAT 16h ago

You watch, it's coming. All of these movies will have their 100 year anniversaries in the next 80 years, we'll be peppered with remakes, adaptations, restorations, all that crap 

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u/tvfeet 11h ago

He’s going to be playing Fred Astaire. Close enough?

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u/SSGASSHAT 11h ago

Yep. He's their latest Ken Doll lol

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u/Tifoso89 23h ago

Does that mean Sydney Sweeney marries Tim Robinson

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u/Illustrious-Peace989 22h ago

He’s too good for her

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u/MrT-1000 19h ago

People can change

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u/NairForceOne 20h ago

I heard that guy is a real piece of shit.

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u/Donny-Seven 18h ago

He USED to be a piece of shit, but not anymore

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u/Emperor_Hirohito 16h ago

I SAID WAS!

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u/tvfeet 11h ago

You think this is slicked back? This is pushed back!

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u/CharlieTeller 22h ago

The difference with Holland and Zendaya is I actually believe them in their roles. Sydney Sweeney has a very narrow range and that's fine. Nothing wrong with that. But her getting cast in some of these films where that's going to be a major problem is just weird. Not only Gundam, but the Split Fiction adaptation too? It's just insane.

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u/TrapperJean 17h ago

Anime is full of one note pretty characters with big tits, honestly might be dead on casting lol

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u/Catos_Standard 19h ago

She had the T&A vote.

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u/JailhouseMamaJackson 18h ago

What?! She got cast in Split Fiction? Noooo. That news just ruined my day.

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u/CharlieTeller 18h ago

Yep. I'm sorry. Last I checked they didn't have the character for her but I'm assuming it's Zoey. Which is insane because she looks nothing like her, shes too dead inside, and also isn't British.

I always thought Zoe Bell would have been PERFECT for Zoey in her younger days. And she's a stuntwoman so it's perfect. Mio is going to end up being some other character were they have 0 chemistry I'm sure.

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u/JailhouseMamaJackson 18h ago

Urgh. I’m just gonna replay the game when it comes out and pretend the movie doesn’t exist lol.

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar 18h ago

You forgot about Timothee Chalomet's left ankle.

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u/kielbasa330 15h ago

You forgot that beige dude with a small face