Funny how things work in cycles sometimes. In the past, in annoying days of 2018Legendary has announced that it is making a live-action adaptation of the beloved mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundamand after three years of silence, the studio announced that Netflix and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts have embarked on the project. Another three years of silence later (apart from an accurate image of a Gundam on fire), Legendary revealed that it was gone back to the drawing boardparting ways with Netflix and Vogt-Roberts to work again on a new project from writer-director Jim Mickle.

Now, Netflix may be on board again, though not in the way it once was.

The deadline reports that the streamer has been tapped by Legendary to allegedly distribute Mickle’s Gundam movie, the franchise’s first live-action movie since 1999 The TV show misfires Lord Savior. Although Deadline says that the movie’s plot is under wraps, the film is set to star Madame Webby Sydney Sweeney and Street FighterNoah Centineo—reported by THR which is ostensibly based on a star-crossed romance between two, who find themselves in love despite being on opposite sides of an interstellar conflict.

There is every chance that the live-action film, like many entries in the anime franchise, can set itself apart. timeline of Gundam Moving forward rather than the “Universal Century” timeline that houses some of the franchise’s main shows, including the original in 1979. But fans of the series will no doubt see parallels between that star-crossed depiction and the loose premise of the beloved mid-’90s OVA The 08th MS Teamwhich revolves around the growing romance between Earth Federation mobile suit pilot Shiro Amada and Zeon pilot Aina Sahalin at the height of the popular Universal Century. One Year War.

Regardless of the movie, by the time it hits theaters, there may be another full circle moment involved behind the scenes. Netflix, of course, is currently in the process of possibly acquire Warner Bros. in a major consolidation of Hollywood powers—that Warner is now home to a major distribution deal with Legendary for franchises such as Godzilla and dune, while Legendary is looking to become a signatory new distribution deal with Paramount… which is in the process of fought hard Netflix is ​​trying to merge so it can buy Warner.

It’s a small world, isn’t it?

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