According to Deadline, Netflix has successfully nabbed the film rights to Kōtarō Isaka’s 2019 novel titled Seesaw Monster. The streamer is currently developing the project, with Oscar winner Anne Hathaway and Oscar nominee Salma Hayek Pinault signing on for the leading roles.
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This film adaptation comes after Sony Pictures recently adapted Kōtarō Isaka’s Maria Beetle novel into the Brad Pitt-led movie Bullet Train, which was considered as a box office success.
Seesaw Monster will be written and executive produced by Olivia Milch, who is reuniting with Hathaway after working together on the all-star heist film Ocean’s Eight. Further details about its plot and characters are still being kept under wraps, but the outlet’s sources note that the project is being developed as a two-hander action-comedy about two rivals.
The film will be produced by Hathaway for Somewhere Pictures and Pinault for Ventanorosa Productions. Producers are Weed Road Pictures’ Akiva Goldsman and Gregory Lessans, along with CTB Inc.’s Ryosuke Saegusa and Yuma Terada. It will be executive-produced by Jose Tamez, Siobhan Flynn, Adam Shulman, and Jonathan Rice.
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Besides Seesaw Monster, Hathaway will next be seen in theaters this month in James Gray’s upcoming drama Armageddon Time. She’s also currently in production for the romance film The Idea of You. Meanwhile, Pinault will next star in Angelina Jolie’s latest directorial film, Without Blood.
