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Live-Action Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac Film Unveils Cast, Staff
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The Hollywood Reporter posted the cast and staff for the live-action Knights of the Zodiac, is "coming off of wrapping production" in Hungary and Croatia.
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Polish animator and special effects creator Matt Stuecken (10 Cloverfield Lane) are the latest writers of the film script. Toei is distributing in Japan, and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions is distributing outside Japan except in China and the Middle East.
The Hollywood Reporter describs the film's story:
In what is labeled an origin story, Mackenyu is starring as Seiya, a street orphan and the title hero of the franchise. When a mystical energy known as Cosmo awakens in him, Seiya embarks on a journey to conquer the ancient Greek armor of Pegasus and choose his side in a preternatural battle for the fate of Sienna (Iseman), a young girl who struggles to control her godly powers.Bean plays a mentor named Alman Kiddo, a man who recruits Seiya into the Knights order, which he founded when he discovered the reincarnated goddess. Tinoco is a man hired to kill the vulnerable goddess.
Kurumada published the original anime.
released the series on DVD.
Update: Photographs of expanded cast roster added via Comic Natalie
Sources: Eiga.com, The Hollywood Reporter (Borys Kit) via M.H. Williams
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