

The script will be written by Meghan Malloy, who will also exec-produce, having worked with Rothman as a production consultant on Spider-Verse. Promisingly, the studios have appointed Rodney Rothman to direct and executive-produce the series, coming off a successful Oscar-winning outing as co-director/co-writer of animated hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Now, the Japanese franchise is getting a live-action television series with retail/streaming giant Amazon.Īn English-language live-action television event series adapting The Promised Neverland is in development at Amazon Studios, which will produce with Fox 21. The Promised Neverland, a story about a twisted orphanage, has built quite a following in a short period of time-first as a Vertigo manga series, then as an acclaimed anime series.
