During its presentation at CES 2024, Kenichiro Yoshidathe Chairman and CEO of Sony Group Corporationconfirmed that the Sony Pictures is working on a live-action film based on the manga/anime series One-Punch Man in One It is Yusuke Murata.
As we previously reported, the direction is Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 9), the script is being written by the writers of the Venomi.e, Scott Rosenberg It is Jeff Pinkner. Avi Arad It is Air Arad from the Arad Productions are overseeing the production of the project.
The presentation also highlighted One-Punch Man: World, a game that will be released on January 31st for PC and iOS and Android devices. In One-Punch Man: World will feature the heroes of the series, such as Saitama, Genos, Speed-o-Sound Sonic, Mumen Rider and Puri-Puri Prisoner. Players can take on missions in the Hero Association and team up with others for raids. The battle system features timed dodges, combos and ultimate abilities. There are also side activities and minigames in Z-City.
Created by ONE in 2009, One-Punch Man began as a web-comic following the story of a hero named Saitama. The bald young man looks like a normal person, but he is the strongest person in the world. With the ability to defeat any enemy with a single punch, Saitama hopes to become a superhero worthy of admiration, but he cares little about his ego. What he really wants is to find a villain who is strong enough to finally challenge him.
The web-comic successfully inspired a manga drawn by Yusuke Murata and later received an anime series adaptation, with its second season airing in April 2019.