Netflix is making a live-action My Hero Academia movie

Netflix is making yet one more live-action anime adaptation, and this time, it’s taking over My Hero Academia. In an announcement on its website, the streamer says filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (I Am a Hero, Kingdom) will function director, whereas Obi-Wan Kenobi producer Joby Harold is penning the script.

My Hero Academia takes place in a universe the place nearly all of people are born with superpowers — known as quirks — and facilities across the once-quirkless Izuku Midoriya (or Deku). When Midoriya’s granted tremendous energy from the hero he idolizes probably the most, All Might, he’s accepted into the celebrated UA High School for heroes-in-training. There, meets different quirk-wielding college students whereas working towards unlocking his true energy and coming face-to-face with highly effective enemies.

It’s nonetheless too early to inform who will play the function of Midoriya and a few of the different supporting roles, just like the gravity-defying Ochaco Uraraka, the fiery Katsuki Bakugo, or the highest hero All Might. But as is the case with different live-action anime adaptions, casting could make or break the remake.

My Hero Academia is about to hit theaters in Japan and can land on Netflix in every single place else, though there’s no phrase on a launch date.