Rick And Morty's Dan Harmon Is Writing A One-Punch Man Movie

In 2020, Sony lined up Venom scribes Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner to co-write the live-action One-Punch Man movie. There hasn't been much movement on the project since then, but The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that two other writers are now on working on the One-Punch Man script: Dan Harmon and Heather Anne Campbell.

Harmon is the co-creator of Rick and Morty and Strange Planet, as well as the creator of Community and Krapopolis. Harmon also provided some uncredited additions to the script for Marvel's Doctor Strange. Campbell is a writer and co-executive producer on Rick and Morty, whose previous credits include Saturday Night Live and the 2019 revival of The Twilight Zone.

One-Punch Man debuted as manga in 2009 by ONE and artist Yusuke Murata. The manga and the subsequent 2015 anime adaptation follows Saitama, the most powerful superhero in the world. He can literally defeat almost anyone by landing a single punch. But Saitama longs for a real challenge to his exceptional strength, and boredom appears to be his greatest enemy.

According to THR, Justin Lin is still attached to direct One-Punch Man, but he won't be getting behind the camera for it anytime soon. Lin's next film, Last Days, will begin shooting at the end of this month. And he recently signed to direct Amazon MGM Studios' crime thriller, Stakehorse.