Bandai Namco Pictures has announced that Lynn Harris (Global Road Entertainment’s President of Worldwide Production) and Akiva Goldsman (Weed Road Pictures) have joined the production team of the live-action adaptation of the Tiger & Bunny anime series.
Ellen Shanman will be working as the screenplay writer for the film while Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Erica Huggins (Imagine Entertainment), and Masayuki Ozaki (Bandai Namco Pictures) will be serving as the producers on the project.
Viz Media provided a description for the manga series.
Superpowered humans known as NEXT appeared in the world 45 years ago. Some of them fight crime in the city of Stern Bild while promoting their corporate sponsors on the hit show HERO TV. The people love their superheroes, even if they don’t completely understand them, and not all of the NEXT use their powers for good.
No other details confirmed at this time so stay tuned for updates.
Source: ANN, Bandai Namco Pictures
[…] Additionally, the franchise received a spinoff anime series set in the same universe titled, “Double Decker! & Kirill,” as well as a currently in works live-action film adaptation. […]
[…] For those who are unaware, Tiger & Bunny is an anime franchise created in 2011 by Sunrise. The series was directed by Keiichi Sato with the help of Kenji Hamada, Masayuki Ozaki, and Seiji Takeda as producers. Whereas, the anime series was written by Masafumi Nishida. The series was also adapted into a manga series illustrated by Sakakibara Mizuki and published by Kadokawa Shoten. Furthermore, Tiger & Bunny was licensed in North America by Viz Media and distributed by Kazé through Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Additionally, the franchise received a spin-off anime series set in the same universe titled, “Double Decker! & Kirill,” as well as a currently in production live-action film adaptation. […]