Beyblade Live-Action Movie In Development From POTC's Jerry Bruckheimer
A Beyblade live-action movie is officially in development at Paramount Pictures with Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Originally developed by Takara Co., Ltd., the Beyblade franchise first launched in 1999 as a line of spinning-top toys in which players launch their Beyblade into a designated area or arena and clashes with another in an effort to get the other to stop spinning or be knocked out of the arena. Since its launch, Takara would begin licensing Beyblade out to other countries for selling, most notably that of Hasbro in Western countries.
The Beyblade franchise has expanded to various other mediums including a manga that ran for five years and an anime series adaptation that aired for 51 episodes in 2001. Producer Madhouse would order two sequel anime series while several spinoffs would be produced in the years since, including the four-season Beyblade: Metal Saga, two-season BeyWheelz, a standalone BeyWarriors series and the ongoing Beyblade Burst series. Development on a potential live-action Beyblade film was first explored in mid-2015 when Paramount acquired the rights to the property and years of radio silence, new progress is being made on the project.
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Deadline has brought word that a Beyblade live-action movie has officially entered development at Paramount with Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer attached. Though in the early stages of development, sources report that the studio behind the Transformers franchise is looking to potentially build a new franchise around the hit toys. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the film, though it has been confirmed Neil Widener and Gavin James are attached to pen the
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