Additionally, Jean Henry and Len-Barry Simons reportedly announced their own casting on social media. Further cast member were announced on on March 8 and June 6, 2022. CastĬast members were first revealed on November 9, 2021, starting with the actors for the first five Straw Hats being announced on the official series Twitter. The first episode is titled ' Romance Dawn'. In January 2020, it was announced that the first season will consist of ten episodes, with the plot starting at the East Blue Saga. The series is currently filming under the codename Project Panda. On February 1, 2022, Netflix confirmed that the series was in production. In March 2021, a social media post by Maeda, which featured a photo of an office door labeled Project Roger, suggested that in-person work on the series had resumed. Owens also recounted that he was given Oda's approval after explaining how significant the franchise had been in his life. Owens explained that he hoped to introduce the franchise to new audiences through live-action version and that writers' ambition for each episode is to replicate the manga's ability to make readers 'laugh,' 'cry' and 'go 'holy shit!'' however, the East Blue arc will be less episodic and the series' humor will be suited to contemporary Western sensibilities. In September 2020, Matt Owens discussed adapting the series on a YouTube live-stream hosted by fans of the franchise. However, in December Variety magazine reported that One Piece had not 'set a start date' in an article about South Africa's lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions. In May 2020, Tomorrow Studios had planned to begin filming the series in South Africa by the end the year. The series will reportedly begin with the East Blue Saga. A few days later, Adelstein predicted that its budget 'could set a new record for the highest production cost in television drama history' as 'the work's worldwide fame merits this scale of production'. With the series' announcement, Oda commented that 'the first condition presented is that the live-action will be faithful to the fans who have supported ‘One Piece’ for 20 years'.

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