Netflix announced that Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura's manga, Kakegurui will get a new live-action adaptation titled BET.
The adaptation will star Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, Eve Edwards, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Anwen O'Driscoll, Aviva Mongillo, and Ryan Sutherland. In the adaptation, a boarding school for the global elite where underground gambling determines the social hierarchy is upended by the arrival of a mysterious transfer student.
The adaptation is currently in production in Toronto and is led by showrunner Simon Barry (Warrior Nun). Details such as the release date are yet to be announced.
This isn't the first time Kakegurui got a live-action adaptation as the manga was adapted into a two-season TV series and two movies in Japan, which primarily starred Minami Hamabe (Shin Kamen Rider, Godzilla Minus One), Mahiro Takasugi (Kamen Rider Gaim), and Aoi Morikawa (Prison School) as Yumeko Jabami, Ryota Suzui, and Mary Saotome respectively. Morikawa later reprised her role as Mary Saotome in the Kakegurui Twin spin-off series.
The adaptation is currently in production in Toronto and is led by showrunner Simon Barry (Warrior Nun). Details such as the release date are yet to be announced.
This isn't the first time Kakegurui got a live-action adaptation as the manga was adapted into a two-season TV series and two movies in Japan, which primarily starred Minami Hamabe (Shin Kamen Rider, Godzilla Minus One), Mahiro Takasugi (Kamen Rider Gaim), and Aoi Morikawa (Prison School) as Yumeko Jabami, Ryota Suzui, and Mary Saotome respectively. Morikawa later reprised her role as Mary Saotome in the Kakegurui Twin spin-off series.
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