The Promised Neverland’s live-action film adaptation will hit Japanese theaters in late 2020.
The Promised Neverland tells the story of orphans who seem to be living a wonderful, happy life in which all their wants and needs are met. The truth, however, is far more sinister.
The anime debuted this past January. Season 2 is slated for next year.
The live-action version will star Minami Hamabe, Jyo Kairi, and Rihito Itagaki. Below are the first images of the movie adaptation.
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In the manga and the anime, the maximum age for the children to leave the orphanage is 12 years old. However, the movie is changing the age to 16.
DISCUSSION
I know movies typically cast actors older than the character, but I have to wonder how well they’ll be able to pass off a 19 year old as an 11 year old. Part of the impact of the original was that these were legitimately just kids taking on a terrifying world, but 19 is well past the age demographic that “Neverland” is alluding to.