Edgar Wright has spoken about the possibility of revisiting Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World as an anime project, saying there are “plans” to expand the franchise, though nothing is official yet.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Wright revealed that he had been involved in ongoing talks with Scott Pilgrim comic creator Bryan Lee O’Malley and the film’s executive producer Jared LeBoff about revisiting the material in “an animation way,” as opposed to following up with a direct sequel to the 2010 film.
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“There’s some plans — and there’s nothing official yet — but there are some plans to revisit the material in an animation way,” Wright admitted in the retrospective piece. “We’ve been talking with Bryan and with Jared for a while [about]: What if we did something with the books in anime form? It’s being discussed as we speak.”
In the same interview, O’Malley expressed his interest in returning to the world of Scott Pilgrim, saying that he would “like to revisit the characters [in comic form] and see what they’re up to.” In fact, he said that he had already sketched an alternate version of Scott with “a huge beard” early in the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Whichever format this new project could potentially take, it is highly unlikely to be developed as a direct big-screen follow-up to the Michael Cera-starring film adaptation, as Cera himself admitted that “when a movie doesn’t really explode at the box office, it’s hard for anybody to get behind a sequel.”
Critics and fans of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series raved about the film adaptation after its release, but that adulation didn’t translate to high box office returns. On an estimated budget of $60 million, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World took in a paltry $47.7 million worldwide.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Director Plans to Revisit Story in 'Anime Form'