It looks like Shang-Chi isn't the only warrior that Simu Liu is playing this year. The first trailer for the Bright anime spin-off Bright: Samurai Soul offers our first glimpse at Liu's Izuo as he protects an elvish Bright.
The Bright anime film was announced back in June. However, the spin-off doesn't feature the characters from the original film. Instead, Samurai Soul is set at the end of Japan's Shogunate era but still features a human, an orc, and an elf.
Liu's character is Izuo, a one-eyed samurai who is recruited by an elf named Sonya (Yuzu Harada) to work as her bodyguard. They are joined by the orc named Raiden (Frank Mancuso) as they flee from the Inferni who are trying to obtain Sonya's wand.
Sounds familiar? The plot is pretty much the same as the 2017 film starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. However, there are interesting new characters in Samurai Soul and we'll have to wait and see just how different it could be from the live-action movie.
The official synopsis for Bright: Samurai Soul reads as follows:
Bright: Samurai Soul is directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro and written by Michiko Yokote. The anime film will premiere on Netflix on October 12, 2021.
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