‘Minari’ director Lee Isaac Chung exits live-action adaptation of ‘Your Name’
By Express News Service
Minari director Lee Isaac Chung has exited Paramount and Bad Robot’s live-action adaptation of Your Name. According to Deadline, scheduling conflicts within the undertaking led to the exit of the director and that the studios are on the lookout for a alternative.
The unique Your Name anime is one among Japan’s largest hits, grossing over $303 million domestically. It revolves round a teenage boy and a teenage woman from totally different elements of Japan who quickly uncover that they’ve the power to swap our bodies.
They quickly additionally uncover that they’re separated by time and area, and when a catastrophe threatens one among their cities, the 2 have to get collectively and discover a option to cease it from occurring.
The movie is produced by Bad Robot’s JJ Abrams, together with Genki Kawamura, who produced the uniqueChung landed the job after his critically acclaimed Minari grew to become one of the crucial fashionable movies of final yr, and took that momentum all the way in which to a Best Picture nomination at this yr’s Oscars.
