3DCG Ultraman Film Now Slated for 2024 Release
Netflix provided updates on its original film production slate for this year, including the 3DCG Ultraman film co-production with Tsubaraya Productions, officially announcing a 2024 release timeframe.
Baseball superstar Ken Sato returns to his home country of Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman. He soon finds more than he bargained for when he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.
ULTRAMAN is coming in 2024. pic.twitter.com/bE2pA1DxuO
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) April 25, 2023
The film was announced in 2021, with Netflix, Tsubaraya Productions and Industrial Light and Magi coming together to produce a new 3DCG animated film that retools the Ultraman story.
The staff includes:
- Director: Shannon Tindle
- Co-director: John Aoshima
- Script: Shannon Tindle, Marc Haimes
- Animation production: Tsuburaya Productions, Industrial Light and Magic
- Producer: Tom Knott
- Co-producer: Lisa Poole
The story of the new Ultraman film is described as follows:
The film will follow Ken Sato, a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. His plans go awry, however, when he is compelled to raise a newborn kaiju monster — the offspring of his greatest enemy — as his own child. Sato will also have to contend with his relationship with his estranged father and the schemes of the Kaiju Defense Force.
