Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus) is reuniting with the entire original cast of the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for a Netflix anime series about the cult classic. The film’s director, Edgar Wright, posted the announcement on Twitter.
This is not a drill! This is happening! After much musing over the years about there being potential for an anime adaptation of ‘Scott Pilgrim’, I’m thrilled to say one is IMMINENT, with the whole cast back together and… you are going to lose your minds. pic.twitter.com/LyB7EIlcUD
Netflix officially announced the series will also feature all of the original, star-studded cast. This includes Plaza, Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Evans, Satya Bhabha, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Kieran Culkin, Allison Pill, Mark Webbers, Kim Pine, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, and Jason Schwartzman.
??THIS IS NOT A DRILL!?? Announcing Scott Pilgrim, an anime series voiced by the cast of the 2010 film! It comes from executive producers Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O’Malley, and BenDavid Grabinski and is animated by Science Saru. pic.twitter.com/8iyZuaj6eL
The movie, starring Cera, was about a musician in a garage band trying to win a competition for a record deal while also fighting the evil exes of his current girlfriend. It was an adaption of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Per Deadline, O’Malley expressed his excitement.
“We’re getting the band back together! A stellar cast, perfectly assembled by Edgar Wright. And, with Science SARU leading the phenomenal animation, we couldn’t ask for a better team for this adventure. We can’t wait for fans and newcomers alike to see what we and our partners at Science SARU have been cooking up. It’s going to be a wild ride.”
Plaza played Julie Powers, the ex-girlfriend of Mark Webber’s character, Stephen Stills. Powers had the ability to censor herself and generally disapproved of Pilgrim’s advances toward the film’s love interest, Ramona, played Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Since the announcement, social media has been ablaze with excitement from fans, who seem to all genuinely look forward to the new content that is being overseen by the original writer.
get ready for the person i will become once the Scott pilgrim anime comes out
Plenty were here for Plaza’s iconic character making a return as well.
scott pilgrim was so ahead of its time that cast is MASSIVE now: aubrey plaza! chris evans! anna kendrick! brie larson! kieran culkin!
And one person even unearthed a photo from 2010 of Aubrey Plaza and Michael Cera at a Chuck E. Cheese because history.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is currently on Netflix.
