‘My Hero Academia’ Live-Action Moves Forward With Original Creator’s Involvement

Following Netflix’s 2022 announcement of a live-action My Hero Academia film, new updates confirm that screenwriter Jason Fuchs is actively developing the script, with casting yet to begin. While director Shinsuke Sato (Alice in Borderland) remains attached, ensuring a Japanese-oriented approach, the greatest assurance for fans lies in the profound involvement of the original manga creator, Kōhei Horikoshi.

Fuchs, who also scribed for HBO MAX’s upcoming IT: Welcome to Derry, confirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that Horikoshi is “very involved” in the development of the story. He stressed that nothing progresses without the creator’s explicit approval, stating, “There’s no treatment, there’s no outline, there’s no scenes, there’s no nothing that Kōhei doesn’t give notes on, react to [with] thumbs up, thumbs down.”

Despite the project’s long development history – first confirmed back in 2018 – the production is still in its early stages. The creative goal remains to deliver a film that feels authentic to the source material while also being accessible to newcomers.