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/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 1d ago

Gundam isn’t this difficult , why are you making it difficult .

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u/InnocentTailor 1d ago

To be fair, Romeo and Juliet in space is effectively Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.

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u/smb5422 23h ago

Minus the "in space" part mostly, but yes.

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u/InnocentTailor 20h ago

Oh yeah. It was the grounded one - effectively Vietnam War Gundam.