Japanese manga hit 'Promised Neverland' will get a live-action adaptation for Amazon, by the hands of 'Heroes’ actor Ma...
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Japanese manga hit 'Promised Neverland' will get a live-action adaptation for Amazon, by the hands of 'Heroes’ actor Masi Oka, 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse' writer and director Rodney Rothman and Vertigo Entertainment.
Fox 21 and Amazon Studios are producing the English-language adaptation with Rothman set to direct and exec produce, with Oka, Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo also EPs. Meghan Malloy (Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse) will write the pilot.
Promised Neverland, which was originally written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu, follows a group of the smartest kids at a seemingly idyllic orphanage uncover its dark truth when they break a rule to never leave the orphanage grounds. Once the truth is discovered, they begin to plan an escape to save all of the children. The manga has sold over 20M copies worldwide and has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published by Shueisha.
It is the latest Japanese adaptation developed by Oka, who starred in NBC’s Heroes and produced an adaptation of anime series Death Note alongside Dan Lin and Roy Lee for Netflix. Last year, he developed Repeat for CBS, a drama series based on another Kurumi Inui manga. That project was one of four Japanese properties Oka presented to Hollywood producers and production companies last year at event sponsored by the Japanese government’s organization JETRO in conjunction with the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, however, Promised Neverland was not one of these.
