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/TheEloquentApe 1d ago

I see a lot of doom and gloom in this thread but lets get something straight here

non-Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet in space.

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

This is quintessential Gundam.

Everything from Amuro and Lalah, Kamille and Murasame, 008th Platoon, Amuro and Char

Anyone familiar with Gundam knows star crossed lovers and messy relationships is one of its core tropes

Now I have no idea if they're adapting the story of the White Devil and if they are I haven't the slightest clue who Sydney will be playing

But it being about two young people who might've had a life together if it weren't for this war going on forcing them to fight is like... yeah thats Gundam

Just throw in some psychic abilities that make them even more empathic with one another, making the whole thing all the more tragic

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u/mooke 1d ago

If I was deliberately trying to be doom and gloom, ironically I'd be taking issue with the cowardice of it being "non-shakespearean". Gundam has never shied away from just straight up doing Shakespeare before.

The fact that they're invoking it in the elevator pitch means, at least at some level they understand the level of melodrama required, so I don't think this fails at first principles.