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Sydney Sweeney is negotiating with the folks at Legendary and Bandai Namco Filmworks to star in its upcoming Gundam live-action movie, according to published reports. The film will be written and directed by Jim Mickle, the showrunner for Sweet Tooth, who will produce it with Linda Moran through their Nightshade entity.

The Gundam franchise got its start in 1979 as a TV series by Yoshiyuki Tomino, titled Mobile Suit Gundam. Part of the so-called mecha category of sci-fi, it will be the first live-action entry in the series. Set in a future known as the Universal Century, the Gundam narratives feature warring human colonies fighting in space using gargantuan robots known as Mobile Suits. The original series spun off a wide variety of animated features, novels, manga, videogames, and toys.

When Legendary greenlighed the new Gundam film in 2021, the original choice for director was to have been Jordan Vogt-Roberts of Kong: Skull Island fame. No further details about plot or character development have yet been revealed, and an estimated release date is likewise unknown at this point.

 

The 27-year-old Sydney Sweeney first came to prominence in 2018 for her roles in several television series, including Everything Sucks!, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Sharp Objects. In 2019, she was featured in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a film directed by Quentin Tarantino. She earned nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles in HBO’s Euphoria series and in The White Lotus.

Sweeney most recently appeared in Madame Web, part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, but it was neither a critical nor a commercial success. She also was seen in Immaculate, and in Ron Howard’s Eden. She’ll soon be appearing with Julianne Moore in Echo Valley for AppleTV+, as well The Housemaid, Scandalous, and a yet-unnamed biopic about boxer Christy Martin. It’s likely Sweeney will be returning for a third season of HBO’s Euphoria

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