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Saint Seiya Manga's Live-Action Knights of the Zodiac Film Previews Action in Longer Teaser

The official website for teaser from Wednesday.

The film will open in 2023. The film's tagline is "Pegasus will rise."

franchise. He added Toei Animation has "already started the conversation" to make sequels.

The film stars Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, Iron Chef America).

Polish animator and special effects creator Matt Stuecken (10 Cloverfield Lane) are the latest writers of the film script. Toei is distributing in Japan, and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions is distributing outside Japan except in China and the Middle East.

The Hollywood Reporter describes the film's story:

In what is labeled an origin story, Mackenyu is starring as Seiya, a street orphan and the title hero of the franchise. When a mystical energy known as Cosmo awakens in him, Seiya embarks on a journey to conquer the ancient Greek armor of Pegasus and choose his side in a preternatural battle for the fate of Sienna (Iseman), a young girl who struggles to control her godly powers.

Bean plays a mentor named Alman Kiddo, a man who recruits Seiya into the Knights order, which he founded when he discovered the reincarnated goddess. Tinoco is a man hired to kill the vulnerable goddess.

Kurumada published the original anime.

released the series on DVD.

debuted worldwide in July 2019. The anime's first 12-episode season covers the story from the Galaxian Wars to Silver Saints arcs of the manga.

Sources: Knights of the Zodiac live-action film's website