Following on from our report in June 202o that a Scott Pilgrim Vs The World animated series might be incoming (here), we now have confirmation that Scott Pilgrim fans are likely going to be in for a treat very soon thanks to Netflix.
Following on from the graphic novel, movie, video game and so much more, Netflix and UCP, who also make Chucky and Umbrella Academy, are currently developing an anime series.
We must state that, as of yet, there is no series order… but I’d imagine that’s only a matter of time.
The show will be written and executive produced by Scott Pilgrim creator and artist Brian Lee O’Malley. The movie’s director Edgar Wright will also be producing with O’Malley and Are You Afraid of the Dark’s Ben David Grabinski both set to showrun.
Very little is known about the plans for the series at this point, although I’d imagine it’ll be a retelling of the story of O’Malley’s graphic novel, with the Edgar Wright saying in 2020: “There’s some plans – and there’s nothing official yet – but there are some plans to revisit the material in an animation way.
“We’ve been talking with Bryan [Lee O’Malley, creator] and with Jared [LeBoff, executive producer] for a while [about]: What if we did something with the books in anime form? It’s being discussed as we speak.”
However, we also know that O’Malley has hinted, again in 2020, that he would like to revisit his original book to see what happened next: “I would like to revisit the characters [in comic form] and see what they’re up to. I sketched Scott early in the pandemic with a huge beard. I think that would be a funny image.”
There’s a little voice in my head saying this may well be a sequel of sorts, rather than a re-telling… but we’ll know more soon. Hopefully.
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Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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