Christopher McQuarrie To Direct Live-Action ‘Star Blazers’
Christopher McQuarrieis gearing up forMission: Impossible 5as we speak, but he’s already thinking ahead to his next directorial gig beyond that. The filmmaker has been set to helm Skydance Productions’Star Blazers, two and a half years after he washiredto write it.
The live-action adventure is based on the ’70s animated series of the same title, which was the American version of the Japanese animeSpace Battleship Yamato. Hit the jump for the latest details on the project.
InStar Blazers, the Earth’s surface has been rendered uninhabitable due after an attack by an alien race. The remaining humans have just one year left before the radiation from that incident reaches their underground refuge. A glimmer of hope appears in the form of an alien technology, and a small crew is sent out to retrieve it and save humankind.
Over the years, theSpace Battleship Yamato/Star Blazersfranchise has expanded to include more several theatrical and TV movies, comic books, and video games. A live-action adaptation ofSpace Battleship Yamatowas released there in 2010, and an animated remake series titledSpace Battleship Yamato 2199aired in the country earlier this year. (The English dubbed version is calledStar Blazers 2199.)
The newStar Blazerscontinues McQuarrie’s relationship with Skydance. He wrote and directedJack Reacherfor them, and has done (uncredited) work onWorld War ZandMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. His other credits include the scripts forEdge of Tomorrowand Bryan Singer’sValkyrieandThe Usual Suspects.
Star Blazershas not yet announced a start date, but we can assume it’ll come some time after he wraps upMission: Impossible 5.
