Beyblade Live-Action Movie In Development From POTC's Jerry Bruckheimer

[Cicada 5]

A Beyblade live-action movie is officially in development at Paramount Pictures with Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Originally developed by Takara Co., Ltd., the Beyblade franchise first launched in 1999 as a line of spinning-top toys in which players launch their Beyblade into a designated area or arena and clashes with another in an effort to get the other to stop spinning or be knocked out of the arena. Since its launch, Takara would begin licensing Beyblade out to other countries for selling, most notably that of Hasbro in Western countries.

Deadline has brought word that a Beyblade live-action movie has officially entered development at Paramount with Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer attached. Though in the early stages of development, sources report that the studio behind the Transformers franchise is looking to potentially build a new franchise around the hit toys. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the film, though it has been confirmed Neil Widener and Gavin James are attached to pen the script.

Given the studio's renewed success in the Transformers franchise thanks to the soft reboot/prequel Bumblebee, it may not come as much of a surprise that Paramount is looking to develop another popular toy franchise for the big screen. Additionally, the first news of the Beyblade film's development came on the heels of Transformers: Age of Extinction's major box office haul of over $1.104 billion, which set it as the highest-grossing film of 2014 and the only film of the year to cross that threshold. Though it's unclear how far the previous effort got in its development, it does seem likely that time was spent determining a proper story to translate the toys to the screen.

The announcement of the Beyblade live-action movie also comes as Hasbro continues to build its film library since acquiring Entertainment One some of which include a potential Snake Eyes sequel, multiple new Transformers films and the Dungeons & Dragons film. Unlike the prior attempt, the new live-action adaptation has writers set with Widener and James, who are also attached to pen an adaptation of Hourman for Warner Bros. and Now You See Me 3 at Lionsgate. With the Beyblade live-action movie still in early development, only time will tell if the project can properly get off the ground.

https://screenrant.com/beyblade-movie-live-action-development-jerry-bruckheimer/

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

But why?

 

[Gordon_4]

Well. Godspeed you mad bastard.

 

[Chimpzy]

 

[Hawki]

Go home, Jerry, you're drunk.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Also there's a Michael Bay produced remake of The Raid being done, to add to the dumbfounding adaptations here.

https://screenrant.com/raid-remake-michael-bay-gareth-evans-location-details/

There's a less than zero chance the fight choreography will even match, let alone surpass the quality of the original couple.

The Raid remake is moving forward at Netflix with director Patrick Hughes and producers Michael Bay and Gareth Evans. The Raid is the now-classic Indonesian action film from 2011 (often called The Raid: Redemption) that starred Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, and Yayan Ruhian and is known for its kinetic, violent, and fast-paced action with a focus on the Indonesian martial art style known as Pencak Silat. Gareth Evans directed the film and the sequel, The Raid II, which debuted in 2014 to similar acclaim. A third film was discussed but never moved forward.

Patrick Hughes is known primarily as an action director, having made his U.S. debut with The Expendables 3 before moving on to The Hitman's Bodyguard, as well as the sequel, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard. Hughes is currently wrapping up The Man From Toronto with Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. Bay is the prolific action director/producer of action films like Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, and the first five films in the Transformers franchise. His latest directorial effort, Ambulance starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, is set for release in April 2022.

Now comes word (via Deadline) that The Raid is getting a "reimagining" from Hughes, with Bay and Evans serving as producers on the project, which will debut on Netflix. The Raid remake has been in the works with various filmmakers and stars throughout the years, including one with Joe Carnahan at one point, but is now in the hands of Netflix with Bay and Evans in charge. The reimagining is said to take place in the U.S., specifically in "Philadelphia's drug-infested 'Badlands'" where "an elite undercover DEA task force climb a ladder of cartel informants to catch an elusive kingpin." It's a similar format to the original, with a new setting and agency at the forefront. Here's what the producers had to say about the new take:

We’re incredibly excited about Patrick’s unique vision for this film. It’s a distinctly original take on the material, which promises to pay great respect to the original film while also bringing a fresh approach and perspective that will set its own course in the action genre.

While Evans opted not to make a third entry in The Raid series with lead star Uwais, he has made a home out of Netflix already, which makes this deal sound all the more understandable. In 2018, Evans debuted his horror thriller Apostle, starring Dan Stevens on the streamer, and he's currently wrapping up another action thriller, Havoc, which stars Tom Hardy and Timothy Olyphant and will also debut on Netflix. Uwais, who played the lead in both The Raid films, has moved on to starring in U.S. films, including Mile 22, Snake Eyes, and as the villain in the upcoming The Expendables 4.

 

[Cicada 5]

Also there's a Michael Bay produced remake of The Raid being done, to add to the dumbfounding adaptations here.

https://screenrant.com/raid-remake-michael-bay-gareth-evans-location-details/

There's a less than zero chance the fight choreography will even match, let alone surpass the quality of the original couple.

Well that's... random.

 

[BrawlMan]

Also there's a Michael Bay produced remake of The Raid being done, to add to the dumbfounding adaptations here.

https://screenrant.com/raid-remake-michael-bay-gareth-evans-location-details/

There's a less than zero chance the fight choreography will even match, let alone surpass the quality of the original couple.

They're actually getting that off of the ground?! They announced it back in 2012, but I assumed the project quietly died, because no one knew what to do with it. Mr. Bay, can you or whoever is in charge, please fuck off? I apperciate not fucking up TMNT even though you acted only as a producer and not director for those two movies. No one want to see a remake of an already excellent movie. Especially now and last year, that has been ressurgance of new fans of both Raid movies. Most of them are not gonna wanna watch a worst version of something they just saw. That movie sounds worse than the live-action Beyblade movie.

 

[Gordon_4]

Also there's a Michael Bay produced remake of The Raid being done, to add to the dumbfounding adaptations here.

https://screenrant.com/raid-remake-michael-bay-gareth-evans-location-details/

There's a less than zero chance the fight choreography will even match, let alone surpass the quality of the original couple.

And the best American quasi remake of The Raid has already been made; Dredd.