Lionsgate Puts ‘Naruto’ Live-Action Movie Back Into Development with Screenwriter Tasha Huo

News June 26, 2023 2:48 pm Caleb Williams

Today, Daniel Ritchman revealed on his Patreon that a Naruto live-action movie is back in development at Lionsgate. The report states that screenwriter Tasha Huo (Red Sonja, The Witcher: Blood Origin) has written the latest draft of the script after Jonathan Levine. The draft was written before the current WGA Writer Strike.

The film was originally announced by the studio with director Michael Gracey before he made The Greatest Showman. A casting call even went out for the three main leads Naruto, Saskue & Sakura, in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, everything was halted by the studio. Avi Arad (Spider-Man) is set to produce the film for Lionsgate.

Naruto has no set release date

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Lionsgate, Naruto Live-Action Movie

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