A ‘Scott Pilgrim’ anime series is coming to Netflix
Scott Pilgrim appears ready for a comeback, and not just in video games. The Hollywood Reporter has learned Netflix and Universal’s UCP (the unit behind The Umbrella Academy) are developing a Scott Pilgrim anime series. It’s not clear how close this will hew to the original graphic novels, but creator Bryan Lee O’Malley and 2010 movie director Edgar Wright will be executive producers.
O’Malley will serve as a showrunner alongside Are You Afraid of the Dark? reviver BenDavid Grabinski. Science SARU is animating the project.
It won’t be shocking if the series sticks to the core plot: Sex Bob-omb band leader Scott wants to win over Ramona Flowers, but can’t date her until he defeats her seven evil exes. Both the graphic novels and the movie were nods to manga, indie rock, video games and turn-of-the-millennium Canadian culture.
This is a slightly unusual twist on a familiar formula. While Netflix hasn’t been shy about its ambitious anime plans, it has typically focused on originals or adaptations of Japanese games and manga. Here, the streaming service is adapting a comic that was a Western tribute — and one that many might only know from the big screen. Netflix’s strategy isn’t clear, but it might see this as a way to expose its anime catalog to a larger audience.
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