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Netflix and Legendary’s live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia has found a new writer. Jason Fuchs, best known for co-writing DC’s Wonder Woman, has been tapped to handle the screenplay for the long-gestating project based on Kohei Horikoshi’s hit manga.
The film has been quietly moving forward since its initial announcement in 2018, with Bleach and Kingdom director Shinsuke Sato set to direct. Legendary producers Álex García and Jay Ashenfelter remain attached, alongside Ryosuke Yoritomi, the original manga’s editor, who is overseeing on behalf of Shueisha.
Netflix officially came on board in late 2022. At the time, screenwriter Joby Harold (Edge of Tomorrow, John Wick Chapter 3) had been linked to the script.
My Hero Academia, created by Kohei Horikoshi, ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from July 2014 until its conclusion in August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 tankobon volumes.
Studio Bones adapted the manga into an anime series. The first season aired in Japan from April to June 2016, followed by a second season from April to September 2017, a third season from April to September 2018, a fourth season from October 2019 to April 2020, a fifth season from March to September 2021, a sixth season from October 2022 to March 2023, a seventh season from May to October 2024.
The eighth and final season of My Hero Academia will start airing in October 2025.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
