'It' Director Andy Muschietti To Adapt 'Attack On Titan' Anime For Live-Action Feature

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Andy Muschietti has been one of the hottest names in Hollywood since his box-office smash hit remake of It just last year. Now, he’s attached to yet another property to adapt. According to Variety, Muschietti will direct the adaptation of Attack on Titan for Warner Bros.

            The manga series of the same name is one of the best-selling and most popular of its genre having sold over 76 million copies in print since it debuted in 2009. Attack on Titan is set within a world in which humanity lives in cities which are surrounded by walls that protect them from enormous humanoids that are referred to as titans, hence the title. Attack on Titan has been adapted in Japan back in 2015 by Shinji Higuchi, to which the two-part film earned $46 million dollars.

            Muschietti made his directorial debut in 2013 with the horror film, Mama starring Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. His adaptation of It based on the popular Stephen King novel became the highest-grossing horror film ever making $700 million worldwide. He’s currently in production on the sequel, It: Chapter Two, which will bring back all the young children from the Losers Club as well as their adult counterparts. It: Chapter Two will hit theaters on September 6^th, 2019.

            Going back to Attack on Titan, I think this is an awesome property to adapt. I’ve never read the manga or seen the Japanese film, but the story seems interesting enough and I’m excited to see what Muschietti can do with it. He seems to be really interested in sci-fi as a genre as he also has his version of Robotech in development.