My Hero Academia‘s live-action film has found its screenwriter. After the project was first announced in 2018, Netflix and Legendary hired Jason Fuchs to pen the script for this upcoming movie. He will be joining Alice in Borderlands director Shinsuke Sato in this latest anime project, which has yet to reveal an official release date.

Fuchs has worked as a screenwriter since 1996 and has been involved in major projects, including Wonder Woman, Argylle, Pan, and Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. Aside from My Hero Academia, he’s also involved in IT: Welcome to Derry TV series, which is set to premiere on HBO this October. It was also reported that he’s involved in the Hulu TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Fuchs is the second screenwriter attached to the My Hero Academia live-action film, as it was reported that Joby Harold, known for his work in Obi-Wan Kenobi, was also attached to the project.

My Hero Academia is a manga series published between 2014 and 2024 by Kōhei Horikoshi, which takes place in a world where humans have a high chance of getting superpowers, also known as “quirks.” The manga follows Deku, a quirkless boy who aspires to become a hero. One day, this young boy is chosen by All Might, the world’s greatest hero, and is granted the opportunity to inherit his quirk, known as “One for All.” From there, he attends U.A. High School, a school for Heroes, and is placed in Class 1-A. The anime adaptation first aired in 2016, and it’s still ongoing. The show has released over 150 episodes, and the eighth and final season is scheduled to air on October 4, 2025, on Crunchyroll.

Other Live-Action Anime On Netflix

Netflix is home to multiple live-action adaptations of popular anime, which have met with varying degrees of success. Both its Cowboy Bebop and Death Note adaptations were heavily criticized by fans and critics, resulting in low ratings and the latter being canceled three weeks after its release. However, things turned around recently with the release of Netflix’s One Piece live-action series. One of the reasons for its success was that its creator, Eiichiro Oda, was involved in the production process, ensuring the show stayed faithful to the source material. Not only was Season 1 highly praised, but Season 2 is currently in production, and Season 3 has been confirmed. Recently, it was announced that Solo Leveling will also receive the Netflix live-action treatment, casting Byeon Woo-seok as Sung Jinwoo and Han So-hee as Cha Hae In.

My Hero Academia is available to stream on Crunchyroll. Follow Collider to keep up to date with the latest updates.

My Hero Academia

Release Date

April 2, 2016

Network

TBS, MBS, Nippon TV

Directors

Shouji Ikeno, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Ikuro Sato, Takudai Kakuchi, Masashi Abe, Tetsuya Miyanishi, Kazuma Komatsu, Yoshifumi Sasahara, Masayuki Otsuki, Daisuke Tsukushi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yohei Fukui, Takuro Tsukada, Masatoyo Takada, Naomi Nakayama, Sayaka Morikawa, Takanori Yano

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  Daiki Yamashita

  Izuku Midoriya (voice)

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  Kaito Ishikawa

  Manga Fukidashi (voice)