‘One Piece’: Netflix Adds Cast For Live-Action Adaptation Of Manga Series

‘One Piece’: Netflix Adds Cast For Live-Action Adaptation Of Manga Series

Netflix has announced further casting for their upcoming live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s best-selling manga series ‘One Piece‘.

It was previously announced that Netflix, Tomorrow Studios and Shueisha have partnered to adapt one of the best-selling manga series of all time, ‘One Piece’, as a live-action series, bringing this pirate adventure story from Japan to audiences around the world.

For those of you unaware of ‘One Piece’, the story follows Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who, inspired by his childhood idol and powerful pirate “Red-Haired” Shanks, sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the titular treasure and proclaim himself the King of the Pirates. Putting together his crew, the “Straw Hat Pirates”, the gang experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling powerful enemies, all in order to reach the most coveted of all fortunes – One Piece.

Announced as joining the cast today are:

• Morgan Davies (they/them) will play Koby. (The End, The Evil Dead: Rise)
• Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (she/her) will play Alvida. (The Sex Lives of College Girls, Me Time)
• Aidan Scott (he/him) will play Helmeppo. (Action Point, Between the Devil)
• Jeff Ward (he/him) will play Buggy. (Brand New Cherry Flavor, Hacks)
• McKinley Belcher III (he/him) will play Arlong. (Ozark, The Good Lord Bird)
• Vincent Regan (he/him) will play Garp. (Troy, 300)

They join the previously announced cast of Iñaki Godoy (‘Go’, ‘Youth!’, ‘Who Killed Sara?’) who takes the role of Monkey D. Luffy, with Mackenyu (‘Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter’, ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’) as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd (‘Fear Street’, ‘Hunters’) as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson (‘Greenleaf’, ‘All Rise’) as Usopp, and Taz Skylar (‘Boiling Point’, ‘Villain’) as Sanji.

Steven Maeda (‘Lost’, ‘The X-Files’) serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer, with Matt Owens (‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’, ‘Luke Cage’) as writer/executive producer. Tomorrow Studios’ Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements (‘Cowboy Bebop’, ‘Snowpiercer’, ‘Hanna’) also exec produce alongside author Eiichiro Oda.

‘One Piece‘ Season 1 does not yet have a premiere date but will air on Netflix worldwide. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.