Live-action adaptation of Chainsaw Man creator's Look Back will escape Japanese cinemas and come to the west

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Look Back has locked in a US and UK release

Fujino and Kyomoto eating in Look Back
(Image credit: Prime Video/Avex Pictures)

Good news anime fans, not only is one of 2024's best movies getting the live-action treatment, but it has also locked in a US release ahead of hitting Japan.

Based on the highly popular manga of the same name by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto, a live-action version of Look Back is heading to the big screen, and GKIDS has acquired distribution rights for the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland. The movie is currently in post-production and is set for a 2026 release in Japan, with a western theatrical release to follow.

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In a statement, Kore-eda revealed that as soon as he read Look Back, he "painfully" had to adapt it. "On a return trip from Kyoto to Tokyo, I was drawn to a figure’s back on the cover of a book in a bookstore at Shinagawa Station. Without thinking, I picked a copy up – that was my first encounter with Look Back. That night, I read it in one sitting."

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