With J.J. Abrams producing, Eric Heisserer writing and Marc directing, this project officially has the team we dreamed about.”
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival) will write the screenplay. Your Name has become the highest-grossing anime film at the worldwide box office, earning $355 million.
Deadline reports that (500) Days of Summer and The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb has been tapped to helm the live-action remake of the hit Japanese anime Your Name.
Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot will produce the film with Japan-based Toho Co., Ltd., the producers of the acclaimed original animated film.