Netflix’s One Piece Isn’t Adding Jamie Lee Curtis to Its Crew

The second season of Netflix’s One Piece adaptation has been adding immoderate caller names to the telephone expanse successful caller weeks, with immoderate sizable additions successful David Dastmalchian and Camrus Johnson. But fans person been hoping for Jamie Lee Curtis to popular successful this play arsenic Kureha, the guardian of aboriginal Straw Hat Tony Tony Chopper. Curtis loudly said she wanted the portion years ago, and co-showrunner Matt Owens aboriginal opened the doorway for further discussion. Seemed similar a done deal, yeah? Yeah….no.

In a caller Deadline interview, enforcement shaper Becky Clements revealed Curtis won’t beryllium a portion of the show. The crushed is simply a elemental substance of scheduling: the histrion seemingly has “too galore films and shows” she’ll beryllium a portion of that the timing conscionable didn’t enactment up properly. “[Jamie] decidedly wanted to bash it, but she’s got deals successful archetypal position, and it conscionable became complicated,” explained Clements. And if you deliberation they’ll conscionable clasp Kureha for a 3rd season, Clements revealed the portion has already been formed and fixed to “an astonishing person.”

One Piece is a fewer weeks into accumulation backmost successful Cape Town, and successful a presumption update, Clements said things were going well. From the formed to VFX and stunt teams, she called them each “some of the champion I’ve ever worked with. With this IP, Oda’s encephalon is truthful fertile and unsocial that everyone is invigorated each time of like, ‘How are we going to bash this?,’ and folks who’ve been astatine this for awhile, you tin conscionable consciousness the astir childlike excitement astir trying to propulsion it off.” According to her, Owens and chap showrunner Joe Tracz person been “very aligned successful each aspects of the series.”

While the amusement hasn’t been renewed past play two, Clements pointed retired that Owens has a multi-season program successful his head. (Deadline suggested six seasons, but she was evasive connected specifics.) It each depends connected Netflix and different partners hungering for more, but she called Owens “creatively prepared” to support One Piece going for a while.

As for erstwhile we’ll spot play two, Clements said they’re a “long clip out.” Production volition proceed done December, and this is simply a “VFX-heavy year” successful entertainment. To tide yourself over, you whitethorn arsenic good spell connected and ticker the animated version, oregon adjacent work the manga. Chances are you’ll beryllium each caught up by the clip Netflix puts retired the adjacent season.

[via IGN]

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