Sydney Sweeney’s New Netflix Sci-Fi Space Epic Gets First Details
Noah Centineo has described Netflix’s live-action Gundam film as a large-scale action romance set in space, offering one of the first clues about its story. He likened it to “Romeo and Juliet in space”, suggesting a romance shaped by conflict between opposing sides.
Centineo confirmed the film is set in Gundam’s Universal Century timeline, though its exact place in that history is unknown. The cast includes Sydney Sweeney, Jason Isaacs and Michael Mando; filming finished in July, but Netflix has not announced a release date. An animated Gundam series and a related game are also planned for 2027.
In short
- Centineo calls the film an action romance in space.
- The story is set in Gundam’s Universal Century.
- Filming has wrapped, but no release date is set.
Explained simply
Gundam is a long-running Japanese science-fiction franchise about conflicts fought by pilots in giant robots called mobile suits. Its stories often explore how war affects people on opposing sides, and the Universal Century is one of the franchise’s fictional timelines.
The Netflix film is a live-action adaptation, with Noah Centineo, Sydney Sweeney, Jason Isaacs and Michael Mando among its cast. Centineo has described it as an action romance in which a relationship unfolds amid conflict, so familiarity with earlier Gundam stories may help but is not essential.
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