Scott Pilgrim vs. the World all the time appeared destined for an animated collection, moderately than the live-action adaptation we acquired—do not get me flawed, I like Michael Cera’s awkward mien as a lot as the subsequent man, however the comedian’s bombastic video-gamey model and expressive artwork all the time appeared like a pure match for a cartoon.
So think about my delight after I heard it was getting the Netflix therapy in November final 12 months. Now we have got extra particulars—together with a smashing little preview trailer that you would be able to watch beneath—and I am assured this collection goes to totally realise the potential its 2010 film adaptation missed. I am solely shocked it is taken this lengthy.
It is acquired crunchy guitar solos, it is acquired retro online game results, it is acquired some killer-looking motion scenes—and I am just about offered. It solely took 19 years, nevertheless it looks like followers of the comedian actually are getting an animated collection that does Scott Pilgrim justice.
What’s extra, it’ll be getting a lot of the film’s primary solid again collectively for a second run at their roles. This was revealed again in March, and re-affirmed by an official announcement by Netflix which accompanied the trailer yesterday. So meaning Michael Cera, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Mary Elizabeth Winstead—the solid’s simply as star-studded as earlier than.
Edgar Wright—the live-action movie’s director, additionally accountable for motion pictures like Shaun of the Useless, Scorching Fuzz, The World’s Finish, and Child Driver—is serving as an government producer on the collection, alongside BenDavid Grabinski and Scott Pilgrim’s unique creator, Bryan Lee O’Malley. It is also being animated by Science SARU, identified for anime like Preserve Your Arms Off Eizouken!—additionally they dealt with a few shorts from Star Wars: Visions, titled Akakiri and T0-B1.
That is quite a lot of good heads working behind the scenes, so I might be astounded in the event that they mess it up. You’ll watch Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Netflix November 17.
