Sony Develops 'One Punch-Man' Hollywood Live-Action Film

A Hollywood live-action film adaptation of ONE and Yusuke Murata's One Punch-Man manga series is being developed by Sony, according to a report by entertainment news outlet Variety on Tuesday.

Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg and film producer Jeff Pinkner—known for writing Venom and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle—are penning the live-action film at Sony Pictures. Avi Arad (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Ari Arad (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) of Arad Productions are producing the film.

Synopsis
After rigorously training for three years, the ordinary Saitama has gained immense strength which allows him to take out anyone and anything with just one punch. He decides to put his new skill to good use by becoming a hero. However, he quickly becomes bored with easily defeating monsters, and wants someone to give him a challenge to bring back the spark of being a hero.

Upon bearing witness to Saitama's amazing power, Genos, a cyborg, is determined to become Saitama's apprentice. During this time, Saitama realizes he is neither getting the recognition that he deserves nor known by the people due to him not being a part of the Hero Association. Wanting to boost his reputation, Saitama decides to have Genos register with him, in exchange for taking him in as a pupil. Together, the two begin working their way up toward becoming true heroes, hoping to find strong enemies and earn respect in the process. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

ONE originally launched One Punch-Man as a webcomic in July 2009. Yusuke Murata (Eyeshield 21) began redrawing the action superhero manga on the Tonari no Young Jump website in June 2012. Shueisha published the 21st volume on December 4 last year. One Punch-Man has a cumulative 20 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation.

Madhouse adapted the manga into a 12-episode television anime in Fall 2015. Daisuki, Hulu, and VIZ Media's Neon Alley platform streamed the anime with subtitles as it aired in Japan. Adult Swim's Toonami programming block debuted the show with an English dub in July 2016. VIZ Media released the anime series on home video in North America in April 2017.

A second season produced by animation studio J.C.Staff premiered in 12 episodes in Spring 2019. Crunchyroll and Hulu simulcast the anime in Europe and North America, respectively. Toonami aired the second season with an English dub in October 2019.

VIZ Media began serializing One Punch-Man in English in its Shounen Jump Alpha digital anthology in January 2013 and currently simulpublishes the manga on its new Shounen Jump platform with the Japanese release. The 19th volume shipped on March 3. The manga has also been published in multiple foreign languages.

Source: Variety