Seven years after first being announced, Netflix's live-action My Hero Academia movie finally lands a writer – and they have history with superhero movies

My Hero Academia Season 8 — (Image credit: Studio BONES)

Netflix's live-action My Hero Academia movie has finally gotten moving again, thanks to a writer being attached to the long-gestating project.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Jason Fuchs will pen the script for My Hero Academia. Fuchs has writing credits on the likes of Argylle, as well as being co-creator and co-showrunner on upcoming horror series It: Welcome to Derry. It's his brief history with superhero media that might set pulses racing, however – as he is co-credited for the story on 2017's Wonder Woman alongside Zack Snyder and screenwriter Allan Heinberg.

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Often considered one of the leading anime names of the 21st Century, My Hero Academia – based on Kohei Horikoshi's manga – follows Ikuzu, a boy without superpowers (or 'quirks') in a world filled with heroes.

After a chance meeting with iconic hero All For Might, he is given his own 'quirk' and must face the trials and tribulations of superhero high school – all while dealing with villains and growing up as a crimefighter.

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