Lee Isaac Chang as Director

Hollywood Remake of “Your Name”

By Epic Dope Staff | September 20, 2020

The director of “Minari”, Lee Isaac Chang, is set to direct the Hollywood remake of Makoto Shinkai’s “Your Name”.

Director Chung is also in charge of rewriting the script for this new film adaptation. The script is being based on a draft from Emily V. Gordon.

Paramount Pictures and J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions are producing the new film with the original film’s producer TOHO.

Your Name is a Japanese animated romantic fantasy film from 2016 written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and produced by CoMix Wave Films.

The film won the Best Animated Feature Film award at the 49th Sitges Film Festival, the 2016 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, and others.

The story revolves around two teenagers who share a profound, magical connection when they discover that they are swapping bodies.