Watch: New trailer for Scott Pilgrim anime series
David Farnor | On 16, Oct 2023
Scott Pilgrim is taking on the world again in a new anime series coming to Netflix next month – and a trailer gives us a first look at Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.
Based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s hit graphic novels, which were adapted into Edgar Wright’s 2010 live-action film Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off will bring back Scott, Ramona Flowers, and all seven of her evil exes.
The original cast from the live-action film will all be lending their vocal cords to the anime, reprising their roles – including Michael Cera as the 23-year-old bass player of Sex Bob-Omb, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona, Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells, Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim, Brie Larson as Envy Adams, Alison Pill as Kim Pine, Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers, Johnny Simmons as young Neil, Mark Webber as Stephen Stills, Ellen Wong as Knives Chau, and Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, and Mae Whitman as the Evil Exes.
You can see them back in action on 17th November, when the series premieres on Netflix – and Wright promises something that’s “way more adventurous than just a straight adaptation of the original books”.
Here’s the new video:
Netflix announces Scott Pilgrim anime series
30th March 2023
Netflix is getting the Scott Pilgrim gang back together for an anime series.
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s hit comic book series was brought to life on screen by Edgar Wright in 2010, with Michael Cera starring as the video game nerd, who finds himself trying to win the heart of Ramona Flowers by facing off against Seven Evil Exes.
Now, Scott’s getting an extra life from anime house Science SARU with the entire cast of the original film reprising their roles. Alongside Cera as Scott will the voices of Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona, Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells, Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim, Brie Larson as Envy Adams, Alison Pill as Kim Pine, Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers, Johnny Simmons as young Neil, Mark Webber as Stephen Stills, Ellen Wong as Knives Chau and of course Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman and Mae Whitman as the Evil Exes.
The series will be created, written and executive produced by O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski. Wright also serves as an executive producer, while original songs will be contributed by Anamanaguchi (Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game).
“They’ve all gone on to do incredible things, but to me, they’re family,” O’Malley said of the cast.
“Luckily, the Scott Pilgrim cast became a close-knit family and friendships were forged for life,” Wright added. “There — to this day — is still a group email with the entire cast on it, that’s been going since 2010. I was happy to be able to reach out to everyone with the news that we had finally come up with a way to continue the adventure. Seeing (and hearing) everyone come back to their roles has been a true pleasure.”
“Over the years fans had asked if there would be a sequel to the film or some other kind of continuation,” he continued. “I knew that a live action sequel was unlikely, but I would usually defer by suggesting that perhaps an anime adaptation was an interesting way to go. And then, lo and behold, one day Netflix got in touch to ask about this exact idea. But even better, our brilliant creator Bryan Lee O’Malley had an idea that was way more adventurous than just a straight adaptation of the original books.”