The Live-Action One Piece Series By Netflix Has Officially Begun Production
On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the Netflix Geeked Twitter account announced that the Hollywood live-action show based on Eiichiro Oda's One Piece comic had officially begun production.
Emily Rudd, who plays Nami in Netflix's 'One Piece,' posted a carousel of photographs from her first day on Instagram on Monday, titled “day one done ✅ pinch me”.
Her "Nami" set chair, the anime version of her character, and a vase of flowers were among the photos. In addition, the actress shared a selfie with a One Piece T-shirt and a big smile.
Rudd isn't the only one who has teased One Piece's upcoming release. Showrunner Steven Maeda posted a photo of a straw hat keychain on Jan 30, captioned “The Day of the Beginning”. Then came his second post, which featured a picture of an executive producer chair.
Here are the cast members of the live-action series who have been revealed so far:
The start of production is a significant step forward for the One Piece adaptation, which was first announced in 2017. Eiichiro Oda, the writer of the One Piece manga, agreed to executive produce the series, but it didn't get off the ground until 2020.
When Netflix offered a sneak peek of the script on Twitter in September 2021, viewers got their first glimpse of progress. The image depicted the cover page for the first episode, which was titled "Romance Dawn" — the same title as the manga series' first volume.
Volume 1 cover art
According to sources, the live-action series produced by Tomorrow Studios, a collaboration between producer Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios, will be available exclusively on Netflix. There will be ten episodes in the first season.
The show's writer will be Matt Owens, and executive producers will be Steven Maeda and Becky Clements. In a video message shown during Jump Festa in 2017, Adelstein announced that the live-action television series adaptation of the One Piece manga will begin with the 'East Blue arc' and "broaden from there."
After speaking with Oda about the project, he stated that the series has the potential to create "a true One Piece."