Scott Pilgrim creator initially turned down Netflix's offer to turn the graphic novels into an anime series

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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, a new anime series based on – you guessed it  – the graphic novels ce🍰ntered on the same titular bassist, is set to land on Netflix in a matter of weeks. When the streamer first approached creator Bryan Lee O'Malley abo🦄ut the show, though, he turned 'em down.

"I was like 'Hell no!'", the author tells 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:SFX magazine in the new issue, which features David Tennant as 🌟Doctor Who on the cover. Fortunately, however, his long-time pal-turned-co-showrunner BenDavid Grabinski inadvertently persuaded him to change his mind when O'Malley mentioned the proposal during a random get-together.

"Almost everything I mentioned over that dinner is in the show," Grabinski admits. "There🅷 are a lot of twists and turns, and most of them came together extremely quicklꦅy, just in that conversation. 

"꧋That was not a meeting with the goal of doing a show, but Bry🐲an went back to Netflix and said, 'Hey, I know what the show wants to be, and I know who I want to do it with.' And now, years later, we have a show." 

"That dinner will become legend among certain fans," O'Malley adds w♎ith a smile.

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O'Malley's novels and Edgar Wright's 2010 feature adaptation 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, follows Scott, a Toronto-living slacker and musician, who finds himself fighting the seven evil exes of hi🍎s new crush Ramona Flowers in an attempt to win her affections. Considering that the show is being described as "a new adventure", set to fresh tunes by Anamanaguchi, it'll likely focus on another stage of Scott and Ramona's relationship.

The movie's voice cast, including Brie Larson, Chris Evans, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Michael Cera reprise their roles in the 2D Netflix outing. Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mark Webber, Satya Bhabha, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Jason Schwartzman, Ellen Wong, Alison Pill, Johnny Simmons, and Kieran Culkin do, to♈o.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off releases on Netflix on November 17. The above is just a snippet from our interview with O'Malley and Grabinski in , which features Doctor Who on the cover and is available on newsstands from Wednesday, November 1. Keep up to date with all things SFX by signing up to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:newsletter, which sends all the latest exclusives str꧋aight to your inbox.

Jack Shepherd
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Jack Shepherd is the former Senior Entertainment Editor of GamesRadar. Jack used to work at The Independent as a general culture writer before specializing in TV and film for the likes of GR+, Total Film, SFX, and others. You can now find Jack working as a freelance ♚journalist and editor.

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