The Naruto movie isn’t simply actual, it’s additionally bought an acclaimed director on the helm.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Marvel director Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) will direct and write an adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto’s beloved shonen. As with Borderlands, Lionsgate has been making an attempt to get a film for this off the bottom since 2015, and it was confirmed to be again within the works final November following the success of Netflix’s One Piece. Cretton can even produce the challenge via his manufacturing firm Hisako, alongside enterprise associate Jeyun Munford.
Citing the success of Shang-Chi’s first film, Kishimoto known as Cretton “the right director for Naruto.” Clearly, he’s a fan: “After having fun with his different movies and understanding that his forte is in creating strong dramas about folks, I grew to become satisfied that there isn’t any different director. In truly assembly [him], I additionally discovered him to be an open-minded director who was keen to embrace my enter, and felt strongly that we might be capable to cooperate collectively within the manufacturing course of.”
Naruto is in regards to the titular 12-year-old ninja within the land of Konoha who had a demonic fox sealed inside his physique from the second he was born. As he begins coming into these powers, he units out to turn into the village chief alongside different ninja mates and foes. The general franchise is extraordinarily in style because of its anime and online game offshoots, together with the sequel collection Boruto.
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