Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’s co-writer and director Destin Daniel Cretton is making the leap from comics to comics with a live-action adaptation Naruto. One of the most popular anime and manga works of the past few decades, Naruto It’s had quite a life as a comic book, several animated shows, and a ton of animated movies, not to mention a never-ending series video games. hollywood reporter Pointing to Cretton’s emphasis on the adaptation, which he will write and direct, as one of the first major moves in development since 2015.
Cretton is also working on a sequel Shang-Chi and a show based on the Marvel superhero Wonder Man, which I received in person Naruto Creator Masashi Kishimoto recently visited Tokyo. Kishimoto will help oversee production of the adaptation.
Speaking about Cretton, Mashimoto said:
“When I heard about Destin’s Attachment, coincidentally after watching one of his blockbuster action films, I thought he would be the perfect director for this film. Naruto.After watching his other films and understanding that his strength is creating solid dramas about characters, I’m convinced that no other director can Naruto. In actually meeting Destin, I also found him to be an open-minded director who was receptive to my input and felt strongly that we could work together on the production process. “
Cretton will produce the film alongside producer Avi Arad of Arad Productions, the company responsible for many Marvel-related properties such as Sony’s spider man Movie, Spider-Verse series, Mobiusand the upcoming Kraven the hunter.The production studio and Arad also quickly gained a reputation for anime and video game adaptations, helping to create live-action versions Ghost in the Shell 2017 movies, this year’s Borderlands Movieas well as the recently announced adapt The Legend of Zelda.