What is it about? Seiya, a strong-willed teenager, used to fighting to earn enough money to survive on the streets, searches for her kidnapped sister.
During the fight, he unwittingly absorbs mystical powers and finds himself in a world where he encounters knights in armor who draw their powers from ancient magical training and Athena, a reincarnated goddess who needs his protection.
If he wants to survive, he will have to sacrifice everything to take his rightful place among the Knights of the Zodiac.
What did the movie cost?
Knights of the Zodiac has a budget of $60 million, double that of Dragonball Evolution (2009). However, that’s a production cost well below most 2023 blockbusters.
For example, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 cost 200 million, Fast and Furious X 340 million. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, scheduled for June 28, was 300 million.
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Hit manga
Knights of the Zodiac is a live-action adaptation of the famous manga Saint Seiya Created by Masami Kurumada, spanning 28 volumes and pre-published between 1986 and 1990 in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.
This successful manga (more than 50 million copies sold worldwide), among other things, gave rise to an animated series of 114 episodes created by Tōei Animation and broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1989 (in France, it was the host of Club Dorothée. The program 1988-1997 years).
In addition, the live-action film Knights of the Zodiac is directed by Poland’s Tomasz Baginski, producer of the Netflix series The Witcher. For this occasion, he made his first feature film.
Who for the hero?
Seiya, the hero of the saga, is played by the American-Japanese actor McKenna. Revealed in Pacific Rim Uprising, he will also be one of the featured characters in the One Piece live-action series on Netflix, another adaptation of the iconic manga.
Note that McEnue is the son of the late martial arts comedian Sonny Chiba, who passed away in August 2021.
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Nick Stall is back!
A certain Nick Stahl portrays Cassius. The American comedian was a big star in the early 2000s with strong roles in Bully, In the Bedroom, Terminator 3 and the HBO series The Caravan of the Strange.
Drug problems kept him away from the set for a long time. He’s back now, as evidenced by his performances in Animal Kingdom, Let the Right One In, and Fear the Walking Dead.
big thing
Knights of the Zodiac will be the first part of a six-film saga, Toei Animation producer Yoshi Ikezawa told Variety. Thus, the studio has big ambitions for this franchise, which it has been developing for more than a decade:
“The Zodiac Knights manga has been very successful in North America, Latin America, Europe and China, so we have a fan base in many countries around the world. That’s why Sony Pictures contacted us.”
“The original manga has 28 comic volumes. The original anime series had 140 episodes, plus 30 or 40 sequels that belong to the original comic. So that’s almost 200 episodes. You can make a lot of movies with that.”
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