Genki Kawamura, producer for both the animated film and its live-action adaption announced today that not only will Mark Webb (‘Amazing Spider-Man’) will be the director but that he was also their first choice.

Details on the Hollywood version have also been given. Unlike the Japanese anime, the American adaptation will focus a Native American girl living in the country and a boy living in Chicago experiencing a mysterious phenomenon in which their bodies are exchanged.

Toho, Paramount, and Bad Robot will produce the film that is being written by Academy Award nominee Eric Heisseler. Joining producer Kawamura will be Lindsay Weber and JJ Abrams (‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’).

The production date, release date, and casting are currently unknown.

Makoto Shinkai, writer and director of the animated film will not be in involved. Makoto Shinkai’s next film ‘Tenki no Ko’ (Weathering With You) will be released in Japan on July 19, 2019.

Source: Oricon