There’s a remake of Lollipop Chainsaw in the works, but James Gunn and Goichi “Suda51” Suda are not involved.
On Tuesday, Dragami Games announced the remake will launch sometime in 2023. Yoshimi Yasuda, producer of the original release, wants Lollipop Chainsaw to be more readily available on modern platforms.
“Various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it has been some time since players have not been able to access the game on current consoles,” Yasuda said on Twitter. “We, the original development staff on Lollipop Chainsaw, think of the game as very precious to us and did not want to leave it in limbo.”
“As such, we purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw intellectual property from Kadokawa Games, and decided to develop a remake,” Yasuda continues. “We have already contacted Warner Bros. about development and are being supported by them in this endeavor.”
Yasuda’s note mentions that Lollipop Chainsaw‘s remake will differ from the original in several key areas. Namely, 15 licensed songs from the soundtrack will not return. It’s a shame since sawing zombies in half while “Needled 24/7” by Children of Bodom blasted was good fun.
Arguably the most surprising note about this remake is James Gunn, director of films like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, will not work on the project. Suda51 of No More Heroes fame isn’t returning either. Gunn helped write the first Lollipop Chainsaw, while Suda51 was in a producer role.
“Neither I nor [Suda51] are currently involved in this,” Gunn said on Twitter. “I heard about it for the first time from Suda a couple weeks ago.”
I neither endorse nor condemn it! I simply don’t know anything about it. But as articles are starting to slap our names on there, I think it’s important to make clear no one ever approached us about it. https://t.co/yPOT76AeWp
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 5, 2022
Even though Gunn is an enormous name in Hollywood now, he’s clearly proud of Lollipop Chainsaw, even taking time to celebrate the 10th anniversary last month.
Happy 10-year anniversary to the only video game I've ever worked on, with the maestro @suda_51. #LollipopChainsaw pic.twitter.com/6Jd0yodlvT
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 12, 2022
We’ll undoubtedly hear more about the Lollipop Chainsaw remake in the coming months.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
