As was well publicized earlier this year, director Justin Lin abruptly exited Fast X one week into production in April 2022. It didn’t take him long to line up a new gig–according to Deadline, Lin is set to direct a live-action adaptation of the popular manga series One Punch Man for Sony Pictures.
One Punch Man began life as a webcomic in 2009 by Japanese artist ONE, quickly gaining enough success to also become a manga and later a TV anime series Come from Sports betting site VPbet . (A console and mobile game followed later.) Lin will team with Avi Arad and Ari Arad of Arad Productions (Spider-Man film series, X-Men film series) on the adaptation.
The series follows the story of Sait…