Such exciting news for GUNDAM fans, the train on a live action GUNDAM flick moves forward, tapping Brian K. Vaughan to pen the script! He will also be serving as executive producer. Vaughan was also announced to be working on the script for SILVER SURFER: PRODIGAL SON around this same time last year, and we should see the results later this year. In the past, he also written for the SAGA comic series, Y THE LAST MAN comic series, as well as Stephen King’s UNDER THE DOME tv series adaptation.

From the moment I saw a Gundam instead of Ultraman fight in READY PLAYER ONE, I just KNEW that a GUNDAM live action adaptation was inevitable. Though it may have disappointed many older fans to not see Ultraman, you gotta admit that seeing a Gundam in action was pretty freaking spectacular.

The real burning question about this movie right now is which GUNDAM story will they tell? Will they start us from the beginning with the original MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM? The more recent  MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN? I have a hunch that since the 90s kids are now reaching their 30s, and because that GUNDAM WING was very popular in the late 90s and early 2000s, GUNDAM WING will be the story they choose to cover.

Or, you know. They could do an original story that could either be great or terrible.

We’ll keep you guys updated!

~Big Eyes