Netflix and Tomorrow Studios already have a Cowboy Bebop series on the way, and now they’ve got another project based on a much-loved manga: One Piece, to be created in conjunction with Japanese publisher Shueisha.
As Deadline reports, Steven Maeda (Lost, The X-Files) will serve as showrunner as well as a writer and executive producer, with Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage) also serving as writer-executive producer.
The series already has its own Twitter account, which shared the news directly from manga author Eiichiro Oda, who’ll also be among the series’ executive producers. The post was translated into multiple languages (as is befitting the enormous global popularity of the title):
Oda-sensei will oversee the live-action #OnePiece series by @stevemaeda and Matt Owens. @NXOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/rFrDOvakLc
— onepiecenetflix (@onepiecenetflix) January 29, 2020
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As you can see, that announcement also reveals that the long-awaited series will run 10 episodes, and that there’s no casting information to speak of yet. Considering how excited fans were with the news that John Cho would headline Cowboy Bebop, there’s every reason to expect that One Piece will seek out a similarly star-powered lead to play Monkey D. Luffy, the stretchy, treasure-hunting, would-be Pirate King. As Oda says, stay tuned!
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