With a tease during the pandemic amid one of the Zoom events that were held for the (excellent) Scott Pilgrim vs The World film, Edgar Wright revealed that there was something potentially moving forward with the property. We learned in January 2022 that Netflix is working with Universal Cable Productions, whose Universal Pictures sister company produced the live-action film, and was looking to develop an anime series for the original comic series Scott Pilgrim. The book was created by Bryan Lee O’Malley who is writing the project and serving as an executive producer on it along with others. Science SARU is on board to animate it if things go fully forward. Edgar Wright is on board as an executive producer as well.
Coming just a year after its debut on Netflix which was November 17th, 2023, it’s now been revealed by original creator Bryan Lee O’Malley that there’s no second season.
Via Twitter, “It’s been one year since Scott Pilgrim Takes Off came out. It was an honor to work with all of the cast and staff around the world. It was like conducting a symphony orchestra every day. From the moment BenDavid Grabinski sparked the idea, the project felt like a one-of-a-kind miracle.”
“Anyway, we were recently informed that the show will NOT return. As you know, we only intended one season, and called in a lot of favors to make it happen, so making more would have been nearly impossible. Still, I know some of you have been holding out hope.”
“Sorry to all Matthew fans and Gideon fans, I know you will suffer the most.”
The cast includes Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, Satya Bhabha as Matthew Patel, Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells, Chris Evans as Lucas Lee, Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim, Brie Larson as Envy Adams, Alison Pill as Kim Pine, Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers, Brandon Routh as Todd Ingram, Jason Schwartzman as Gideon Graves, Johnny Simmons as Young Neil, Mark Webber as Stephen Sills, Mae Whitman as Roxy Richter, and Ellen Wong as Knives Chau.
Plot Concept: Scott Pilgrim’s life is totally sweet. He’s 23 years old, in a rock band, “between jobs,” AND dating a cute high school girl. Everything’s fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. Will Scott’s awesome life get turned upside-down? Will he have to face Ramona’s seven evil ex-boyfriends in battle?
Previous promos and trailers:
🚨🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL!🚨🚨
Announcing Scott Pilgrim, an anime series voiced by the cast of the 2010 film!
It comes from executive producers Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O’Malley, and BenDavid Grabinski and is animated by Science Saru. pic.twitter.com/8iyZuaj6eL
— Netflix (@netflix) March 30, 2023
