‘Sword Art Online’ Season 3 Update: Laeta Kalogridis Selected As The Scriptwriter For The Live Action Television Series
The popular anime series ''Sword Art Online'' is expected to release the live action series in 2017. Laeta Kalogridis, Greek American writer, is selected as the scriptwriter of the project.
According to Variety, the first ever live action television series for the SAO franchise might bring more profitability to the company. Skydance Media has acquired the television rights and tasked Laeta Kalogridis to pen the pilot series.
"We look forward to working alongside Laeta, Reki Kawahara, and the teams at KADOKAWA and Aniplex to build out a deeply immersive new universe of SAO in an authentic way that honors its well-established fan base around the globe'' David Ellison, the CEO of Skydance Media stated.
Kalogridis is currently busy with writing the script for "Altered Carbon" for Netflix and will also be involved in the production works of the same. Her credits include the movies ''Alexander' (an epic historical drama film released in 2004), ''Night Watch'' (a Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film released in 2004), ''Pathfinder: The Legend of the Ghost Warrior'' (an American epic action film released in 2007), ''Shutter Island'' (an American psychological thriller film released in 2010) and ''Terminator Genisys'' (an American science fiction film released in 2015), according to Yibada.
Kalogridis was also the executive producer of TV series like ''Birds of Prey'' (a superhero based American TV series aired in 2002) and ''Bionic Woman'' (an American science fiction television drama which was aired in 2007). She was known for her success as an executive producer for the movie ''Avatar'' which was released in 2009. This movie directed by James Cameron was premiered in December 2009 and the worldwide box office collections were $2.788 billion.
The storyline of the live action series will be based on the life of the beta-tester Kazuto ''Kirito'' Kirigaya. There are no further annoucements whether the live-action series will bring all the old characters back to life, or will move in the direction of a new storyline altogether.
