NARUTO Live-Action Movie Finally Moving Forward With RED SONJA Writer Attached

NARUTO Live-Action Movie Finally Moving Forward With RED SONJA Writer Attached

10 years after it was first announced, Lionsgate is finally moving forward with its live-action adaptation of celebrated manga/anime, Naruto, and a new screenwriter is attached...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 26, 2023 05:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Anime & Manga
Source: Via AnimeMojo.com

"Don't Underestimate Me! I Don't Quit And I Don't Run! You Can Act Tough All You Want! You're Not Gonna Scare Me Off! No Way! I Don't Care If I Do Get Stuck As A Genin For The Rest Of My Life! I'll Still Be Hokage Someday"

It's been a long time since we had any updates on this one, but a live-action adaptation of one of the most inspirational manga/animes of all time, Naruto, is finally moving forward.

You'd be forgiven for assuming that plans for feature had fallen by the wayside - since it's been a full decade since it was first announced - but  it sounds like Lionsgate has made some progress on the project.

According to Variety, screenwriter Tasha Huo has been enlisted to pen the latest draft of the script. The writer's other recent credits include the upcoming Red Sonja reboot and an animated series based on the Tomb Raider video games.

No other details were provided, but we have heard that Asian actors are being looked at for the main roles.

The original Naruto manga was created by Masashi Kishimoto, and was initially serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 1999 to November 2014. Part I of the manga was later adapted into an anime series by Pierrot and Aniplex, and ran for 220 episodes from October 2002 to February 2007. A second series, Naruto: Shippuden, ran on TV Tokyo for 500 episodes from February 2007 to March 2017.

The English dub of Shippuden aired on Disney XD in the United States from October 2009 to November 2011, before switching over to Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in January 2014. When Disney XD removed the series, Viz Media began streaming new English dubbed episodes on their streaming service Neon Alley.

The story follows the title character, Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village.

Naruto has maintained its position as one of the best-selling manga series of all time, with 250 million copies in circulation worldwide in 47 countries and regions, with 153 million copies in Japan alone and remaining 97 million copies elsewhere.

You can check out a more detailed plot summary (via IMDb) below.

"On the day of Naruto Uzamaki's birth the village of Konoha was attacked by the 9-tailed fox demon. In order to protect the village Naruto's father the 4th hokage sacrificed his life and sealed the demon in his new born son. 13 years later Naruto graduates the ninja academy and becomes a shinobi with goal to be the hokage of the village. Joining him are rival Sasuke Uchiha who attempts to gain power to avenge his clan after they were murdered by his older brother Itachi. And Sakura Haruno who is Naruto's love interest who of course loves his rival Sasuke. But when itachi returns to the village after the chunnin exams and Sasuke proves to be powerless against him. Sasuke will fall to the villainous Orochimaru to gain power. Naruto must do everything in his power to stop his friend from loosing himself to darkness even if it means losing himself."

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Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 11/26/2023, 5:39 PM
Looks like someone's trying to get that One Piece money lol.


GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/26/2023, 5:42 PM
It’s not too late to stop this
dracula
dracula - 11/26/2023, 5:57 PM
Taika Watiti was wrong for Akira, but he could be a good pick for this
YouCray04
YouCray04 - 11/26/2023, 7:17 PM
@dracula - Please don't ever say those words in that order again
Repian
Repian - 11/26/2023, 8:31 PM
@dracula - The Daniels could make a good adaptation of Naruto.

Jacory
Jacory - 11/26/2023, 8:37 PM
@dracula - naw ... keep him away. I'd be curious of Michael B. Jordan though with him being an actual fan and doing a great job with Creed 3.
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 11/27/2023, 1:51 AM
@YouCray04 - waititi is a good director, and everyone agreed with this until last year
Jacory
Jacory - 11/27/2023, 4:48 AM
@Toonstrack - he still is a good director, but some are just better fit for certain movies than others.
YouCray04
YouCray04 - 11/27/2023, 5:42 AM
@Toonstrack - Who's everyone? I've been a fan of Naruto for over 15 years, and I've disliked 3 out of the 4 Waititi movies I've seen. So, no, I never agreed with that. This is what happens when anime news is posted on a site full of MCU stans
Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 11/27/2023, 9:23 PM
@YouCray04 - most of waititos projects have been acclaimed across the board. Mcu or not.
dracula
dracula - 11/26/2023, 6:01 PM
I watched a good chunk of the original series, consistently watched it all the way through the whole search for tsunade arc.

Then kind of missed a lot when they got into the filler material and missed a big chunk of the whole Sasuke going with Orochimaru arc. Which me and my brothers had been looking forward to for a while, we saw a lot of that fight edited with music on youtube, probably from the japanese release.

Then think I dropped off during the season and a half of filler.

Ive seen episodes of Shibuten but never really got on to watching it. Really only saw an episode if someone put it on
Matador
Matador - 11/26/2023, 6:06 PM
Don't think they will do justice to this my feelings says.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/26/2023, 6:24 PM
@Matador - can’t be any worse than japan death note live action , dragonball magic begins movie goku non spiky hair , master roshi do moon walk , bulma no purple hair no capsule corps capsules be used, and main villain look like empor pilaf is not short who shots fire balls
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/26/2023, 6:11 PM
Akatsuki need to feature at some point.

KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 11/26/2023, 6:27 PM
OT: Speaking of Red Sonja, where day trailer at
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 11/26/2023, 6:32 PM
why? there are manga/anime with western influences perfect for adaption, why keep trying with japanese exclusive ones?
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 11/26/2023, 6:33 PM
As a massive Naruto fan, no thank you.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 11/26/2023, 6:36 PM
This is one of the many anime that would not translate well to live action. Also, there's just way too many characters, a lot of them are gonna have 1-3 seconds of screen time. Kill this now.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/26/2023, 6:48 PM
I just hope they nail the run
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 11/26/2023, 6:58 PM
Now that is their Ninja way, now don't screw it up.
Taonrey
Taonrey - 11/26/2023, 7:22 PM
@FusionWarrior - it's 100% going to be screwed up
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/26/2023, 7:33 PM


More of this garbage.

Hard pass.

McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/26/2023, 7:36 PM
Theres Hunter x Hunter and everything else.
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