After One Piece, one of the best anime in the world, adapted into a live-action movie by the Fast and Furious star

The success of the One Piece manga live adaptation on Netflix gives you ideas! Following the upcoming live-action adaptations of Yu Yu Hakusho and Spy x Family , Initial D will be eligible for a live-action movie in theaters.

Comedian Sung Kang, who plays Han in the Fast & Furious franchise, announced on the site South China Morning Post that he was going to make an adaptation of Shuichi Shigeno’s manga, initial dtogether”Big budget“.

“It’s about cars and drifting and cool stuff. Almost like The Rock or The Karate Kid. A fun, big-budget movie that expresses my love for cars.“, he confides to the media.

What is “initial D”?

Published from June 1995 to July 2013 in Young magazine, initial d Then it was published in 48 volumes. With 50 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling manga in the world.

It has already been adapted for the screen into TV series and animated films, and in 2005 there was even a live-action film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mack.

The story follows Takumi, an 18-year-old who delivers tofu to his father’s company every morning before going to class. During morning deliveries, he speeds down the roads of Mt Akina in his car, a white and black Toyota AE86.

During one of the deliveries, he meets an experienced street racer, whom he beats with great ease. Since then, challenges from professionals and drift enthusiasts have been thrown at him. Young Takum will have to challenge their talents and defeat them to prove himself as the best driver in town…

As the multi-billion dollar Fast & Furious franchise draws to a close, Sung Kang Therefore, it seems that he is not ready to leave car racing. It is not yet known who will star in the film.

initial d This will be the Han Lewis Interpreter’s second production after the horror comedy Shaky Shivers. The latter is also working on an autobiographical film inspired by his childhood in an interracial family in Georgia.