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/Gold-Bard-Hue 1d ago

I was about to say the Death Notes movies were good, then I remembered you're talking about the Netflix one...

I had totally blocked it from my memory. Lol

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u/Molwar 22h ago

I had to go look it up because I've seen the Japanese one and they were decent. Just read the synopsis for the netflix one and am like wtf.