More cast members have been announced for the upcoming Netflix live-actionOne Pieceseries. The main cast was announced back in November 2021.
The series was first teased during the Jump Festa 2017 event, and Eiichiro Oda will serve as a producer for the series. The first season is reported to have ten episodes.
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One Pieceis about an aspiring pirate namedMonkey D. Luffywho hopes to find the “One Piece”, a legendary treasure. To find it, he assembles a ship and crew and sets out on a voyage down the Grand Line filled with adventure and rivalries along the way.
The new cast members include;
Ward is best known for his role as Charles Mansonin Manson’s Lost Girlsand Deke Shaw inMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Belcher’s work includes playing Samuel Diggs inMercy Street, Anthony Carter inThe Passage, and Agent Trevor Evans inOzark. Reagan is best known for his work inClash of the Titans,TroyandUnleashed.Iñaki Godoy, best known for his role in the Mexican crime dramaWho Killed Sara?will play Monkey D. Luffy,while Mackenyu will playRoronoa Zoro. Emily Rudd (Fear Street)will play Nami, with Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji.
Oda will work alongside Steven Maeda (whose notable works includeX-FilesandCSI: Miami) and Becky Clements (who produced Netflix’sCowboy Bebop) as executive producer. Matt Owens, best known forLuke CageandMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,will serve as a writer.
Marty Adelstein, a producer on hit series such asTeen WolfandPrison Break, and ITV Studios have partnered to create Tomorrow Studios, which will produce the live-actionOne Piece. Tomorrow Studios also produced the 2021 Netflix live-action adaptation ofCowboy Bebop. Season one is set to have ten episodes, exclusively streamed on Netflix.
The series will begin with the East Blue arc of the manga and continue from there. Adelstein has promised fans that the live adaptation of the manga will stay true to theOne Pieceuniverse. He added that he has conversed with Oda personally in an attempt to create a genuine experience for the viewers.
