{"id":111676,"date":"2025-02-06T14:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=111676"},"modified":"2025-02-06T20:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T04:26:43","slug":"spin-master-to-produce-bakugan-live-action-feature-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/02\/06\/spin-master-to-produce-bakugan-live-action-feature-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Spin Master to Produce Bakugan Live-Action Feature Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deadline has reported that Spin Master Corp. is developing a live-action feature film adaptation of the Bakugan franchise. <\/span>Brad Peyton<\/b> (<\/span>San Andres<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> Rampage, Atlas<\/span><\/i>) is set to direct, write and produce the adaptation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Peyton and writer <\/span>Lindsay Harbert<\/b> are working with Spin Master Entertainment on developing the film\u2019s screenplay, based on the popular toy line and global anime franchise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent relaunch of the Bakugan series is <\/span>Bakugan: Battle Planet<\/span><\/i>, which was first launched in 2018. Five seasons of the anime have been released, as recently as March 2023. Netflix is streaming the series in the U.S, while Cartoon Network broadcasts it in Canada.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Bakugan franchise was first launched with the eponymous 52-episode TV anime series in Japan from April 2007 to March 2008. An English dub of the series aired on Cartoon Network in the U.S. from February 2008 to February 2009. It was then followed up by <\/span>Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia<\/span><\/i> in 2009, <\/span>Gundalian Invaders<\/span><\/i> in 2010, <\/span>Mechtanium Surge<\/span><\/i> in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Spin Master describes the main synopsis of <\/span>Bakugan: Battle Planet<\/span><\/i> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When Bakugan began emerging from the earth’s crust in a mysterious worldwide “awakening,” Dan and his friends find themselves at the epicenter of a new age. Dan and Company quickly learn that they must grow into more than just suburban kids looking for quick fame in the post-Bakugan era. They must learn how to work with their Bakugan and deploy them in battle in order to survive the seemingly endless forces out to control, enslave or just plain destroy the mysterious race of alien creatures. Dan and his friends will evolve into bona fide heroes by protecting their Bakugan, the Earth and ultimately the incredible secret hidden beneath our feet: Our planet has merged with another, living planet… Vestroia!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Source<\/b>: <\/span>Deadline<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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