Sydney Sweeney is in closing talks to star in Legendary’s “Gundam” film.

“Candy Tooth” showrunner Jim Mickle is about to put in writing and direct the live-action movie, which is co-developed between Legendary and Bandai Namco Filmworks. Mickle additionally serves as a producer on the challenge with Linda Moran by means of their firm Nightshade.

The Japanese army science fiction media franchise “Gundam” first launched in 1979 as a TV sequence from Yoshiyuki Tomino, “Cell Swimsuit Gundam.” It grew in reputation by means of the Eighties because of a wide selection of variations throughout animated characteristic movies, novels, manga, toys, fashions and video video games.

The unique sequence is about within the distant future in what is called the Common Century, as human colonies in house battle for independence from Earth. The battles are fought largely by means of big robots known as Cell Fits.

Legendary first introduced the “Gundam” movie in 2021 with “Kong: Cranium Island” filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts because the challenge’s authentic director.

Plot and character particulars are at present beneath wraps. Legendary declined to remark.

Sweeney’s current movie work contains “Madame Internet,” “Immaculate” and Ron Howard’s “Eden.” The actor and producer has a slew of tasks within the pipeline: she’s set to seem within the AppleTV+ movie “Echo Valley” alongside Julianne Moore, the Freida McFadden adaptation “The Housemaid” with Amanda Seyfried, Colman Domingo’s “Scandalous” and and untitled biopic wherein she stars as boxer Christy Martin.

On tv, Sweeney can be anticipated to return for the third season of HBO’s smash hit “Euphoria” alongside Zendaya and Jacob Elordi.

The InSneider was first to report Sweeney’s “Gundam” involvement.