Warner Bros. Japan announced on September 18 that Tow Ubukata’s Jūni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi (Twelve Children Who Want to Die) novel is getting a live-action film adaptation that will premiere in January.
Megumi Hayashibara, who played Rune Balot in the anime films of Ukugata’s Mardock Scramble novel, reads the title in the video.
A teaser video for the film debuted on the same day.
Yukihiko Tsutsumi (live-action 20th Century Boys, Beck, Ikebukuro West Gate Park) is directing the film, and Yutaka Kuramochi is writing the script.