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It’s confirmed: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is being turned into an anime.
The news started in 2020 when Edgar Wright, who adapted the comic book into a film, told Entertainment Weekly, “There’s some plans — and there’s nothing official yet — but there are some plans to revisit the material in an animation way. We’ve been talking with Bryan and with Jared [LeBoff, the film’s executive producer,] for a while [about]: What if we did something with the books in anime form? It’s being discussed as we speak.”
Now it’s finally coming to fruition thanks to Netflix.
What makes the anime even more exciting is that the entire cast of the 2010 film will be returning to voice their roles.
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Announcing Scott Pilgrim, an anime series voiced by the cast of the 2010 film!
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Posted by Netflix on Thursday, March 30, 2023
That’s right. That includes: Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Ramona Flowers), Satya Bhabha (Matthew Patel), Kieran Culkin (Wallace Wells), Chris Evans (Lucas Lee), Anna Kendrick (Stacey Pilgrim), Brie Larson (Envy Adams), Alison Pill (Kim Pine), Aubrey Plaza (Julie Powers), Brandon Routh (Todd Ingram), Jason Schwartzman (Gideon Graves), Johnny Simmons (Young Neil), Mark Webber (Stephen Stills), Mae Whitman (Roxie), and Ellen Wong (Knives Chau).
Additionally, Bryan Lee O’Malley, the comic’s creator, will be on board as the series’ co-writer and executive producer.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World follows the titular character, who falls in love with Ramona Flowers. Before they can start dating, he must defeat her seven evil exes. Six volumes have been released from 2004 to 2010.
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