#3DCG Ultraman Film Now Slated for 2024 Release

Netflix provided updates on its original film production slate for this year, including the 3DCG Ultraman film co-production with Tsubaraya Productions, officially announcing a 2024 release timeframe.

Baseball superstar Ken Sato returns to his home country of Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman. He soon finds more than he bargained for when he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.

ULTRAMAN is coming in 2024. pic.twitter.com/bE2pA1DxuO

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) April 25, 2023

The film was announced in 2021, with Netflix, Tsubaraya Productions and Industrial Light and Magic coming together to produce a new 3DCG animated film that retools the Ultraman story.

The staff includes:

Director: Shannon Tindle

Co-director: John Aoshima

Script: Shannon Tindle, Marc Haimes

Animation production: Tsuburaya Productions, Industrial Light and Magic

Producer: Tom Knott

Co-producer: Lisa Poole

The story of the new Ultraman film is described as follows:

The film will follow Ken Sato, a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. His plans go awry, however, when he is compelled to raise a newborn kaiju monster — the offspring of his greatest enemy — as his own child. Sato will also have to contend with his relationship with his estranged father and the schemes of the Kaiju Defense Force.

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