Andy Muschietti to Direct ‘Attack on Titan’ Movie for Warner Bros.

[Bigbigguy]

After the record-breaking box office run of “It,” director Andy Muschietti has found his next project.

Muschietti will direct a feature film adaptation of “Attack on Titans” for Warner Bros. The studio finalized a deal with Japan-based publishing company Kodansha on Monday.

“Attack on Titan,” written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, has become one of the best-selling manga series with over 76 million copies in print since debuting in 2009. It is set in a world in which humanity lives in cities surrounded by enormous walls protecting themselves from gigantic humanoids that are referred to as titans.

David Heyman (“Harry Potter,” “Fantastic Beasts”) is producing the film with Masi Oka (“Mega Man”) and Andy’s sister Barbara Muschietti (“It” and “Mama”).

This isn’t the first time “Attack on Titan” is getting the big screen treatment. Shinji Higuchi directed a Japanese version in 2015. It was released in two parts and earned $46 million. In 2013, Wit Studios debuted an anime television series.





Muschietti’s adaptation of “It” — based on the Stephen King novel — became one of the biggest horror film of all time with $700 million worldwide. He is currently in production on the sequel “It: Chapter 2.” Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, and Isaiah Mustafa are starring as the adult members of the Losers Club in the follow-up, set to open on Sept. 6, 2019.

Andy Muschietti to Direct ‘Attack on Titan’ for Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE)

 

[Bigbigguy]

Not hyped for this because it's a hollywood anime adaption and dude made a very shallow version of It

 

[Tetsuo]

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Toriyama

 

[Young Bishop]

I'm just wait,and see

 

[Mazino]

They're going to desecrate this, no two ways about it

Watch them make Eren gay or some shyt

 

[Turk]

No one asked for this

It'll be garbage like all American anime adaptions

 

[Red Shield]

Gonna be trash

 

[Mortal1]

Maybe with this director we can get a R rating.

 

[OneManGang]

Hollywood ruining anime again.

 

[Uno]

This should replace GOT after it finishes. You can't make this into a movie.

 

[parallax]

honestly, this is one of the few anime series that would make sense to be adapted in the west with its pretty much euro cast. how was the japanese version?

 

[42 Monks]

honestly, this is one of the few anime series that would make sense to be adapted in the west with its pretty much euro cast. how was the japanese version?

it was no yamato 2199, but it was aite

there's no chance the american version will be any good though

watch they turn the titans into alien dinosaurs or something