Twisters director explains why his live-action adaptation of hit anime Your Name didn't work out: "I realized I had written something I just couldn't even shoot"

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Lee Isaac Chung almost directed a Your Name adaptation

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Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung has spoken about his take on the live-action adaptation of Your Name.

Your Name, released back in 2016, is considered one of the best anime movies of all time (our own Your Name review gives the movie the full 5 stars). Chung was set to helm a live-action remake in 2020, but departed the project in 2021.

Your Name follows two high schoolers who begin swapping bodies, even though they've never met. Raya and the Last Dragon Carlos López Estrada is now set to helm the live-action adaptation, which will follow a Native American woman and a man from Chicago. J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot is producing, with Toho distributing in Japan and Paramount internationally and in the US.

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
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I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.