Fresh off the success of his Sundance Film Festival winner Minari, writer-director Lee Isaac Chung has already lined up another major project for himself. Chung is set to adapt and direct Your Name, based on the 2016 romantic anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai. The massive global hit tells the story of two teengers who realize they are swapping bodies and must work together when impending disaster strikes.
J.J. Abrams, who was a big fan of the original film, will be producing this live-action take with his company Bad Robot and Paramount will be distributing, Deadline reports. Chung is the third writer to take a pass on the script, after The Big Sick’s Emily V. Gordon and Arrival’s Eric Heisserer previously worked on drafts. Chung’s film Minari premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim and went on to win the Audience Award. It will be...
J.J. Abrams, who was a big fan of the original film, will be producing this live-action take with his company Bad Robot and Paramount will be distributing, Deadline reports. Chung is the third writer to take a pass on the script, after The Big Sick’s Emily V. Gordon and Arrival’s Eric Heisserer previously worked on drafts. Chung’s film Minari premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim and went on to win the Audience Award. It will be...
- 9/20/2020
- by Stephen Hladik
- The Film Stage
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