Secrecy is just not everybody’s jutsu: Lionsgate has reportedly been creating a Naruto film, and one of many buzziest screenwriters within the biz is engaged on it.
In a Selection roundup of notable screenwriters in 2023, author Tasha Huo — whose credit embrace showrunning Netflix’s animated collection Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft and serving as govt producer on Amazon’s Mighty Nein adaptation — was reported to have Lionsgate’s Naruto adaptation subsequent up on her docket.
Lionsgate has quietly been making an attempt to get a Naruto film off the bottom since no less than 2015, when it was reported that the studio was in negotiations for movie rights to the acclaimed manga with The Best Showman director Michael Gracey hooked up to direct. On condition that eight years have handed, there’s no telling if Gracey remains to be concerned — or if the movie shall be live-action, though that might take advantage of sense and can be well-timed, given the recognition of Netflix’s One Piece adaptation. (Polygon has reached out to Lionsgate for remark.)
Created by Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto tells an epic story spanning the lifetime of Naruto Uzumaki, a younger ninja in coaching who aspires to turn into the chief of his clan. Well-known for being one of many “Large Three” collection main Shonen Soar journal’s mid-2000s growth in recognition (alongside One Piece and Bleach), the manga and its anime adaptation are among the many most well-known action-adventure tales on the planet (and a favourite of NFL working again Jamaal Williams).
There’s no phrase on when to count on Lionsgate’s tackle Naruto, however Tasha Huo’s subsequent movie will probably be the additionally long-in-development comedian adaptation Pink Sonja.
