Acclaimed Japanese animated movie Your Name will be receiving a live-action Hollywood remake, courtesy of JJ Abrams.
Production company Bad Robot (owned by Abrams) announced that it is working with Paramount Pictures as well as Toho Co – the Japan-based producers of the original movie – to adapt the emotional drama for Western audiences.
The Oscar-nominated Arrival scribe Eric Heisserer is on board as writer.
The original movie was so successful in Japan that it became the fourth highest-grossing film of all time there.
It follows two unrelated high school characters, Mitsuha and Taki, who inadvertently swap bodies with each other.
Genki Kawamura, producer on the original movie, couldn't contain his excitement about the announcement.
"Just like in the film, it feels like a dream," he said. "Mr Abrams and his team have captivated audiences in their masterful reinvention of known properties. And Mitsuha and Taki have found a perfect narrator, Mr Heisserer, to tell their sci-fi-infused love story, which gave the film such drive.
"The meetings so far have been creatively stimulating with fantastic ideas that no doubt will make for a great movie.
"I am greatly honoured to work with these incredible creators in bringing to audiences the Hollywood live-action version of Your Name."
The adaptation has drawn a mixed response on social media. Some people have pointed out that the original movie is heavily influenced by Japanese culture.
