Netflix has officially announced via X that Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo will star as rival mech pilots in its live-action Gundam adaptation, produced with Legendary Pictures and Bandai Namco. This follows the recent start of production in Australia and additions to the cast including Jason Isaacs. Directed by Jim Mickle, no release date is set.
On April 20, 2026, Netflix posted on X confirming the premise for its live-action Gundam movie, the first such adaptation from Bandai Namco Filmworks' pioneering mecha sci-fi franchise. Sweeney and Centineo portray rival pilots at war across Earth and space colonies, with shifting allegiances amid a growing interstellar threat that could decide humanity's fate—blending epic mech battles and human drama.
The tweet reads: 'The live-action film starring Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo follows rival mech pilots at war across Earth and its space colonies.'
This comes after production began in Queensland, Australia, under director Jim Mickle, with recent cast additions like Jason Isaacs, Javon Walton, Jackson White, Nonso Anozie, Oleksandr Rudynskyi, and Ida Brooke, joining previously announced Shioli Kutsuna, Michael Mando, and Gemma Chua-Tran.
