Fumihiko Sori, the director of the live-action adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga, revealed more details about the film to the entertainment website Oricon on Saturday.
The film will premiere in Japan in winter 2017.
He added that he “wants to create a wonderful film that will use techniques that challenge Hollywood,” and noted that nowadays Japanese filmmaking techniques have progressed greatly.
The planning for the film began to move forward three years ago.