In November last year, the cast of One Piece live action was announced and now the film has officially entered the production stage.
Accordingly, Netflix has just confirmed that they have officially begun production of the One Piece live action series. Although the film was intended to be in development a few years ago, the original plan was severely affected due to the raging of the Covid 19 pandemic. But after the official cast of the Straw Hats went live. action was announced last November, fans have more hope that the film will soon go into production. And not to let the fans down, Netflix finally put the live-action film into production.
Their official Netflix Geeked Twitter account has confirmed that the film is in production with a few photos from the set of the new cast and crew getting together. Coinciding with previously revealed information from central actors like Emily Rudd (playing Nami) and Taz Skylar (playing Sanji) about One Piece live action has officially started shooting.
The cast for the Netflix series includes Inaki Godoy as Monkey D.Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji. Steven Maeda is directing, producing and writing, while Matt Owens will serve as executive producer. Original series creator Eiichiro Oda will also be joining as a consultant for the adaptation.
Initially when announcing the cast, One Piece author Eiichiro Oda shared the following message:
“We worked with NETFLIX and Tomorrow Studios on the live action Hollywood adaptation of ONE PIECE! It’s been many years since it was announced, hasn’t it? I know, I know! But rest assured, we have been making steady progress over the years! It’s not easy when you work with people from different cultures! But it is the process that can bring something special! We can now announce the main cast! We need to be quick and announce it, or it will leak.
We decided on this cast after much discussion regarding the character around the world! These are the people who will become our Straw Hat Pirates! It will take a little longer to complete, but we will continue to do our best to deliver a session of artwork that we believe will be enjoyed by people around the world!”
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