Carlos López Estrada takes over directing the feature film based on Your Name.
Originally directed by Mark Webb (Mary, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Amazing Spider-Man) in 2019, then Lee Isaac Chang (Minari, Munyurangabo, Abigail Harm, Happy Life) in 2020, Mexican director Carlos López Estrada (Raya and the Last Dragon, Blindspotting, Summertime, Legion) is currently taking over the film adaptation of the Japanese animated film Your Name and writing a new script. The original version was written by screenwriter Eric Heisserer. Note that Bad Robot’s JJ Abrams is producing Your Name in Hollywood Sauce alongside Hannah Minghella and John Cohen with Genki Kawamura.
EXCLUSIVE: Carlos López Estrada has been recruited by Paramount, Bad Robot and Toho to write and direct a remake of the sci-fi anime Your Name. https://t.co/lQd9KFJHn0
— Variety (@Variety) October 31, 2022
The live-action film aimed to westernize the premise of a teenage boy and girl swapping bodies amid a natural disaster. While it’s not clear if Carlos López Estrada would work on the same idea, she was to follow a young Native American woman living in the countryside and a young Chicago man who discover that they magically switch bodies periodically. When disaster threatens to destroy their lives, they must go to meet each other and save their worlds.
Trailer of the cartoon Your name
The original film Your Name, directed by Makoto Shinkai, has become one of the biggest entertainment hits of recent years, grossing $380 million worldwide. It also helped start an anime boom at the box office, with Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Demon Slayer Mugen Train, and Weathering With You collectively grossing $900 million.