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Guillermo del Toro to direct Zanbato for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot

March 3, 2019 by Gary Collinson

As revealed by Collider, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions for Zanbato, a new project which he is set to write and direct.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the film reportedly follows a young girl between the ages of 10 and 15 who possesses lethal fighting skills, akin to Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass or Alita from Alita: Battle Angel.

Del Toro subsequently took to Twitter to confirm the news, revealing that the project has actually been in development for around six years, as well as clarifying that it is “NOT a Ninja project… but there are Ninjas in it.”

SEE ALSO: Guillermo del Toro making horror film with The Babadook director Jennifer Kent

BTW- NOT a Ninja project.

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) March 1, 2019

Del Toro is currently gearing up to go into production on his long-gestating Pinocchio movie for Netflix, so at this point it’s unclear what kind of timeframe the filmmaker may be looking at for Zanbato. And of course, that is assuming it doesn’t go the way of his many unproduced projects…

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Guillermo del Toro, J.J. Abrams, Zanbato

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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