Naruto Live-Action Movie Writer Doesn't Have Any Update on the Film's Status, Acknowleges Director's Busy MCU Schedule

What's going connected with the live-action Naruto movie? We've heard thing astir it since its manager was confirmed and its publication was said to beryllium done. You'd deliberation that the writer of that script, The Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo, would person an update, but alas, it sounds similar she's waiting to find retired much conscionable similar the remainder of us.

In a caller interrogation with ScreenRant, Huo explained that she had “no caller updates” connected the advancement of producing the movie and that “I privation I did” person much quality connected that front. That said, she was inactive affirmative and said, alongside the fans, “I besides can’t hold to see” what the adaptation has successful store.

Huo, who is the showrunner for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, chiefly cited Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings manager Destin Daniel Cretton’s Marvel docket arsenic the biggest contented here, but there’s nary further updates connected the presumption of the task arsenic a result.

In 2024, Huo completed her latest draught of the publication for the film, astir the aforesaid clip The Greatest Showman manager Michael Gracey near the task to marque mode for Cretton.

Cretton is attached to a Shang-Chi sequel, and helium cocreated and enforcement produced the upcoming Disney+ bid Wonder Man. At the moment, he’s shooting Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is acceptable to beryllium released successful July 2026.

As of past year, the live-action Naruto movie was acceptable to archer a “nuanced and special” communicative astir the Hidden Leaf Village’s yellow-haired ninja successful training. At the time, having handed the completed publication to Cretton, Huo expressed assurance successful the director, saying that his “very idiosyncratic and relatable” benignant was 1 constituent of his films she enjoys.

Huo added that she felt Cretton would instrumentality Naruto’s communicative successful a absorption that avoids the franchise’s already ample world.

“I deliberation that’s specified a chill prime due to the fact that he’s going to beryllium capable to seizure however nuanced and peculiar Naruto is without getting distracted by the large satellite that it is, which I deliberation could easy beryllium done by idiosyncratic who’s not a instrumentality oregon idiosyncratic who’s coming successful for a currency payday," she said. "This is decidedly a movie that comes astatine it from a emotion of who Naruto is and that quality and his relationships."

Naruto had humble beginnings, starting arsenic a manga bid by Masashi Kishimoto successful 1999. Its popularity has ballooned since then, arsenic the bid has gone connected to not lone person its anime adaptation of the aforesaid sanction but sequel shows similar Naruto: Shippuden and Baruto, too. It’s besides spawned a fig of video games specified arsenic the Ultimate Ninja Storm series.

The franchise is considered 1 of the Big Three successful the satellite of anime, meaning expectations for a movie adaptation were precocious the infinitesimal it got disconnected the ground. Kishimoto did astatine slightest springiness his blessing to spot the Shang-Chi manager bring Naruto to the large screen, going arsenic acold arsenic to merchandise a connection connected the substance erstwhile the filmmaker’s engagement was revealed.

“When I heard of Destin’s attachment, it happened to beryllium close aft watching a blockbuster enactment movie of his, and I thought helium would beryllium the cleanable manager for Naruto,” Kishimoto said astatine the time. “After enjoying his different films and knowing that his forte is successful creating coagulated dramas astir people, I became convinced that determination is nary different manager for Naruto. In really gathering Destin, I besides recovered him to beryllium an open-minded manager who was consenting to clasp my input, and felt powerfully that we would beryllium capable to cooperate unneurotic successful the accumulation process. To enactment it simply, the live-action Naruto is bound to beryllium a movie with spectacular enactment and profound drama. I can’t assistance but beryllium excited for it.”

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.