Miraculous (live-action film)

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Miraculous was a planned live-action superhero action comedy film based on Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. It was to be directed by Jeremy Zag and Chris Columbus, and was to be written by Thomas Astruc. The film was initially in production and was scheduled to be released in 2020,^[3][4] but now it's cancelled and being replaced by an animated musical film.^[2]

Development

The movie was first revealed during a behind-the-scenes YouTube video posted by user Lindalee Rose, who visited ZAG studios in the U.S.^[5] The film was later confirmed to be in production during the "Miraculous" panel at Anime Expo 2016.^[6]

Jeremy Zag revealed in an interview on August 25, 2016 that the movie was in the scripting stage, and that the story of the movie would be based around Ladybug and Cat Noir's origins and how they both fell in love, while including more details.^[7]

At Los Angeles Comic-Con on October 30, 2016, a poster for the movie was revealed, and a release date of 2019 was announced.^[8] Since then, in early 2017, the date was postponed to 2020.^[9]

On July 20, 2017, Jeremy Zag revealed that the Miraculous movie was going to be distributed by Lionsgate.^[10]

On July 19, 2018, Jeremy Zag started location scouting at Paris, France, for the film setting.^[11]

On July 20, 2018, during the Miraculous panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Ezra Weisz revealed that Michael Gracey, the director of The Greatest Showman, was involved in the film.

On December 6, 2018, during CCXP 2018 it was confirmed that film is no longer in production.^[2] However, the film has been replaced with a musical film called Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening that's currently in production, with the film's release date being changed to 2021. However, it is unknown if Skydance Media and Lionsgate are still involved in the film after it became animated.

Gallery

The old 2019 teaser poster shown at Los Angeles Comic-Con.

Updated poster featuring its newer release date which had been anticipated for 2020.

An official artwork posted on Jeremy Zag's Instagram.^[12]

References